Rose Garden, 14 x 20 | oil on panel

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Golden Light 18 x 18

St. Anthony's, Fall, 12 x 9 | oil on panel

This demonstration painting for my class, I entered into the Santa Barbara Art Walk, and received the award of, "Director's Choice". SOLD

Moonrise, 10 x 14 | oil on panel

Award Winning Plein Air Nocturne: 1st Prize, National Juried Art Competition at the Abend Gallery, Denver Colorado

Juried by artist Quang Ho

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Sunrise, Artist's Trail, 18 x 18 | oil on canvas

Garden of Passion, 48 x 72 | oil on canvas

Stearn's Wharf, 10 x 10 | oil on panel

Madam's Garden at Twilight, 30 x 40 | oil on canvas

Baptismal Moon, 24 x 30 | oil on canvas

Angel's Flight, 22 x 44 | oil on canvas

Foggy Night, Palms, 24 x 32 | oil on canavas

Shooting Star, 16 x 12 | oil on panel

De la Guerra Nocturne, 16 x 18 | oil on canvas

Urban Nocturne, 14 x 16 | oil on panel

London Rain, 14 x 10 | oil on panel

Arlington Moonrise, 56 x 40 | oil on canvas

Milpas Street Crossing, 20 x 30 | oil on canvas

Oilfield Nocturne, 30 x 40 | oil on canvas

Paper Plant Nocturne, 46 x 46 | oil on canvas

Fog and Eucalyptus, 22 x 24 | oil on board

Silver Light Nocturne, 16 x 30 | oil on canvas

Moonset, 3 am, 10 x 14 | oil on panel

Down on D Street, 28 x 22 | oil on canvas

Moonrise Dawn, Carpinteria, 9 x 9 | oil on panel

Summer Moonrise, Santa Barbara, 12 x 10 | oil on panel

New Moon Mission Creek, 30 x 40 | oil on canvas

Spring Moon, 16 x 20 | oil on panel

Crescent Moonset, 24 x 36 | oil on canvas

Summer Waves, 10 x 12 | oil on panel

Coral Casino Sunset, 12 x 16 | oil on panel

Vista Santa Barbara, 10 x 20 | oil on canvas

Gentle Spring, 12 x 24 | oil on canvas

Better Days Gone By, 10 x 14 | oil on panel

Bird Refuge Impressions, 9 x 12 | oil on panel

Mid Morning, Butterfly, 9 x 14 | oil on panel

Lifeguard, 8 x 8 | oil on panel

Road to St. Anthony's, 14 x 12 | oil on panel

Sunrise, St. Anthony's, 24 x 32 | oil on canvas

Morning Light, Santa Barbara Mission, 24 x 30 | oil on canvas

New Moon, Winter Santa Barbara, 18 x 14 | oil on panel

Fall Moonrise, 11 x 12 | oil on panel

Passing Eclipse, 22 x 14 | oil on panel

Moonrise, 20 x 22 | oil on canvas

Parade of Lights, 12 x 16 | oil on canavas

Buddah's Moon, 8 x 12 | oil on panel

Winter Moonset, Carpinteria, 10 x 14 | oil on panel

June Moonrise, Santa Barbara, 13 x 23 | oil on canvas

Moonrise, Santa Barbara, 12 x 24 | oil on canvas

Moonset Over the Tet, 6 x 8 | oil on panel

Notre Dame, 10 x 14 | oil on panel

Florence, 6 x 8 | oil on panel

Chiltern Street, 8 x 6 | oil on panel

Night Cafe, Spain, 9 x 12 | oil on panel

Farmland Sunrise, 4 x 7 | oil on canvas

The Blueberry Farmer, 6 x 8 | oil on board

Roof Top Vista, Hotel Duran, 8 x 6 | oil on panel

Godbold, 8 x 10 | oil on panel

Marfa Mystery Lights, 10 x 14 | oil on panel

Moonrise Over Marfa, 10 x 20 | oil on panel

Starry Night Over the Tet, 12 x 19 | oil on panel

The Palace Monaco, 10 x 14 | oil on panel

The Watch Tower, Monaco, 10 x 8 | oil on panel

Back of the Bus, 22 x 26 | oil on canvas

Crossing Vernon, 20 x 30 | oil on canvas

Butterfly Moonset, 9 x 12 | oil on canvas

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Mission, 12 x 16 | oil on canvas

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Santa Monica Nocturne, 12 x 16 | oil on canvas

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Summer Moonset, Carpinteria, 14 x 12 | oil on canvas

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Summer Moon, Goleta, 14 x 20 | oil on canvas

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Palms, 6 x 6 | oil on canvas

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Isla Vista Moonrise, 8 x 16 | oil on canvas

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Mars Rising, 11 x 9 | oil on panel

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Blue Moon, Taj Mahal, 14 x 20 | oil on canvas

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Artist Palette: Full Moonlight, 18 x 23 | oil on wood palette

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Arroyo Seco, 21 x 28 | oil on canvas

Twilight, Carpinteria Marsh, 10 x 12 | oil on canvas

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Waiting on the Train, 22 x 44 | oil on canvas

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Bridge Downtown, 26 x 36 | oil on canvas

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Amtrak Bath, 30 x 24 | oil on canvas

Twilight Zone, 33 x 70 | oil on canvas

Whistle Stop, 20 x 40 | oil on canvas

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Over, Under and Through, 30 x 30 | oil on canvas

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Butterfly Sunbathers, 6 x 8 | oil on canvas

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Mountain Drive Vista, 12x24 | oil on canvas

SOLD, contact James Main Fine Art, Santa Barbara California (805)637-8632

Santa Barbara is often considered the American Riviera due to the windy roads flanked by walls cut by Italian stone masons in the early 20th Century, the Mediterranean style homes, Palm trees, vibrant Bougainvillea, mild climate and golden light.

Back Road, 12 x 9 | oil on board

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Back behind my home town there's a small road that meanders through groves of pepper trees. It is a road seldom used but by farmers and horse ranchers. I could easily imagine an old Model T Ford putting down the lane. It is here I held my class on another silvery day. For this demonstration painting we stuck to the Velasquez Palette, restricting the palette to four colors; Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber, Yellow Ocher, and Titanium White. This palette teaches the student to mix and blend their colors to achieve representations of what they are seeing in front of them, rather than working to achieve realistic interpretations. Private Collection

High Noon, Keeler, 9 x 12 | oil on board

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This is a demonstration painting from a plein air oil painting workshop I taught, up at an old ghost town called Keeler. It rested at the, "End of the Line" for the old Narrow Gauge Railroad coming down through the Owens Valley, California. Today it still has an active post office for the population of 12. Please contact James Main Fine Art, Santa Barbara, California: (805) 637-8632

Staff Sgt. Josh Townsend, Green Beret, 20 x 16 | oil on canvas

Completed May, 2009.

Mt.Dhirligiri, 60 x 84 | oil on canvas

Painted for Sid Sodos. This painting is taken from an image I photographed in Nepal in 1986.
It is one of eleven paintings of mine collected by Mr. Sodos.

Kenny Sultan and Friends, 18 x 18 | acrylic on board

Painted for Kenny Sultan, Santa Barbara, CA.

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Carpinteria is graced with it's own preserve, owned and operated by UCSB. I am fortunate to have access to a road which can take me out to the center of the slough. It is a magical place to see and paint nature. Moonrise Carp Marsh, 14 x 20 | oil on canvas SOLD

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Every now and then the coastal fog creeps in. If I am in the right place and right time I will hustle down to the waterfront in Santa Barbara, set up my gear, and work diligently to capture Chiaroscuro affect of the night. Mission Creek in Fog, 20 x 26 | oil on canvas Contact James Main Fine Art and Antiques, Santa Barbara California (805)637-8632

I took a journey to Bakersfield, and Oildale with my Surreal Bounce colleague, Robert Eringer. Up on the Mesa near the College there is a vista which looks out over the oil fields of Oil Dale. I painted this to capture the irony. The golden light at sun set, the miles of drilling and pumping the black gold out of the ground, and the couple embracing on the bench breathing the spores from the valley below. It was one pleasant afternoon. Painting featured on Santa Barbara Public Access Ch. 17, American Riviera; episode "The Bake"

Painting status: Available for purchase. Contact James Main Fine Art, Santa Barbara California. (805)637-8632

Oil Dale at Sunset
16x24 oil/canvas

Painted on location looking South West from on top of the Security Building (10th Floor) in Downtown Los Angeles

It was a gritty night.

Moonrise Over Skid Row SOLD
28x24 oil/canvas

Painting Available. Contact: James Main Fine Art and Antiques, Santa Barbara (805)6378632

Painted on location in Santa Barbara, on Anacapa near the Beacon's Building. When I started the painting before sunset their were many cars on the street. When I finished the scene before me looked like a ghost town.

Late Night in the Funk Zone

Exhibited at the Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard California in my first Solo Museum Exhibition.

Painting available for sale. Contact James Main Fine Art, Santa Barbara California. (805)637-8632

Continuing in the trend of painting "Unsellable Paintings" for my solo museum exhibition I sought out this desolate view in Port Hueneme, looking North East across the plains of Camarillo, toward the Santa Monica Mountain range. I stood in the dark, on a field of broken glass. Graffitti covered the adjacent walls, letting me know this was a special place for creatures of the night.

Painting Exhibited: Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard California, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, Bottoms Fine Art Gallery, Santa Barbara.

Painting available through James Main Fine Art and Antiques, Santa Barbara, California

Shadows Cast
18x30 oil/canvas

I traveled to London and Iceland with my Surreal Bounce colleague Robert Eringer, in search of the purity of the night sky, and found creativity and madness. I painted this painting looking out my window, Room 909, overlooking St. John's Wood, London. I captured the Double Decker Buse in the round about, which unfortunately no longer exist.

Round About Midnight
14x10 oil

Painting Status: Available for Purchase through James Main Fine Art, Santa Barbara, California. (805)637-8632

The plein air festival was over. A lonely wind swept through the park, and occasional passer's by. I decided to paint this painting of the city's gazebo; the gathering place for the community after 9-11, and the earthquake that nearly destroyed Paso Robles a few years ago. The art gallery: Studios on the Park, can be seen in their florescent decor, through the trees on the left. This was the first time I'd placed a dog walker and his dog doing his duty, into a painting. This painting was blogged by Steve Doerhty, Chief Editor of Plein Air Magazine: http://www.outdoorpainter.com/tips/nocturnal-paintings-732.html

Late Night in the Park, Paso Robles, 8x10 oil/board $1800.00
Plein air Master's Exhibition, Studios on the park. Painting available for sale through James Main Fine Art, Santa Barbara CA. Contact: James Main (805)637-8632

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I visited Seattle last year and stayed at a lovely hotel right on the waterfront, with a balcony view directly over Puget Sound. The Full Moon Glistened on the water above the gritty long shore shipping docks, creating an interesting contrast of warm and cool light. Moon Over Puget Sound, 12 x 6 | oil on board Contact James Main Fine Art and Antiques Santa Barbara California (805)637-8632

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Painted from the home of National Academy member Clarence Hinkle, Santa Barbara Early Moon, 6 x 8 | oil on canvas Please contact James Main Fine Art and Antiques, Santa Barbara California. (805)637-8632

Summerland Vista, 8 x 8 | oil on board

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Summerland Beach Overlook Park near Santa Barbara is pleasant place to view the expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Framed by bougainvillea, this vista painting, captures the mellow glow of afternoon light looking outward toward Santa Barbara.

St Anthony's Fall, 14x12, oil/canvas

After the big earthquake in 1925 Santa Barbara Rebuilt with a theme of Old Spain amongst its architecture.

This painting, "St. Anthony's in Fall"; when the Sycamores begin dropping their leaves and the old Monestery under low light begins to show her age brings back memories of the old world. St Anthony's Seminary reminds me of the architecture I witnessed in Segovia, or Sevilla, Spain. This painting was created as a demonstration painting for my plein air painting class; where the theme was Antiquity.

The challenge or criteria, was how to maintain the "feeling" of antiquity and historic nature of a subject by rendering it in a timeless light.

If you would like to purchase this painting please contact James Main Fine Art, in Santa Barbara California (805)637-8632

Harbor Tug Nocturne, 18 x 24 inches

Winter Moonset, Carpinteria (SOLD)

Carpinteria Moonset #1

Spring Street Nocturne, 24 x 20 inches

Midnight in the Funk Zone 12 x 16 inches