Paint Horse

Here is a 9 x 12 acrylic painting on canvas paper. I am selling prints in various sizes on Fine Art America. You can find them here.

Breceda Sculptures in Borrego Springs

I've been writing a lot about these sculptures in Borrego Springs and posting in on Gather. I thought I would post a few here, one at a time, until I can post some of my own artwork.

These sculptures were created by Ricardo Breceda and are placed all over Galleta Meadows in Borrego Springs, California. Here are some sheep sculptures:

Dos Cabezas Station

I walked about 5 miles from S-2 near the Border Patrol Checkpoint and came across this old station. This part of the railroad was destroyed in 1976 by Tropical Storm Kathleen. It's not too far from that famous trestle over Carrizo Gorge. I hope to get a shot of the trestle, soon.

Carrizo Badlands Overlook

Here's a photo I took while at the Carrizo Badlands Overlook at the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

The Yuha Desert at Sunrise

I shot this yesterday just south of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park where the land is either BLM land or privately owned.

Another Cowles Mountain Photo

Here's another photo of people hiking up Cowles Mountain on New Years Day.

Hiking Up Cowles Mountain

Here is a photo I took on New Year's Day on Cowles Mountain. I took this once I reached the top. The view there is of Santee, Lakeside and you might be able to see Ramona, too. It was a little foggy that day.

Mission Trails Park

This was taken on the Rim Trail in Mission Trails Park in San Diego, CA.

I finished my Morongo Valley Painting.

Here is that painting I finshed based on an area in the Morongo Valley Preserve north of Coachella Valley. It is 8.5 x 11 on canvas paper.

Clark Valley/Rockhouse Canyon Road

This is a photo that wasn't getting much attention on Gather, so I thought I'd post it here. I took this on November 20th out in Clark Valley in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. This is the photo of the road just past the dry lake bed.

Santa Ysabel Preserve

I went early on a Sunday morning there for a hike. Here is a photo at the top of the ridge a few miles from Highway 79.

They're creating a staging area off of Highway 78 for this preserve, but it's not open yet. It looks like it will be nice.

Thundercloud at Coachella Valley Preserve

This is a photo I took a couple days ago at the Coachella Valley Preserve in Thousand Palms, California. There was no rain, but I think I heard some thunder in the distance.

Tree on Volcan Mountain

I thought this tree had a little bit of character, so I decided to shoot a picture of it.

Cuyamaca is still green

This is a photo I took at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park just south of Julian, California. It's still a little green up there because they've been getting a little bit of summer rain. But, if you're from another part of the country, you would probably think this wasn't green enough.

Highway 74

I don't think I ever posted this before. I know that the date on it says 2008, but it was actually completed and sold a few years ago. It was an 11 x 14 acrylic painting on canvas board. It depicts an area off of highway 74 between Temecula and Idyllwild.

New Slideshow on AC

I have a new photo slideshow on Associated Content. It's a combination of 35mm and digital photos.

Hiking Iron Mountain

Palm Canyon Palm Grove

Here's a picture of one of the first Palm Canyon Palm Groves from afar.

Path to East Mission Trails Park

This is a picture of the path to east Mission Trails Park. It was taken with automatic settings. One has to be careful taking pictures here as you never know when someone is going to go down this path on their bike at 30mph or more.

Another Black and White Conversion

Here is another black and white conversion, but I used a conversion extension in Photoshop Elements that I got from Photo Freebies. I have posted the colored photo of this shot before. I think this program did a better job at capturing a range of grays than just converting it to grayscale.

B & W Conversion

This is a black and white conversion of one of my digital snapshots. I took the picture last summer near Santa Ysabel. I mostly just used a levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, and conversion to grayscale to make this photo.