Rose Garden, 14 x 20 | oil on panel

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Golden Light, 18 x 18 | oil on panel

Painting demonstration for my class, "Light and Shadow in Art". View is from the Montecito country club overlooking the bird refuge.

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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

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

Mission, 12 x 16 | oil on canvas

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

Santa Monica Nocturne, 12 x 16 | oil on canvas

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

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

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

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

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

Palms, 6 x 6 | oil on canvas

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

Isla Vista Moonrise, 8 x 16 | oil on canvas

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

Mars Rising, 11 x 9 | oil on panel

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

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

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

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

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

Arroyo Seco, 21 x 28 | oil on canvas

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

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

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

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

Bridge Downtown, 26 x 36 | oil on canvas

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

Amtrak Bath, 30 x 24 | oil on canvas

Twilight Zone, 33 x 70 | oil on canvas

Whistle Stop, 20 x 40 | oil on canvas

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

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

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

Butterfly Sunbathers, 6 x 8 | oil on canvas

Available, contact Thomas Van Stein

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

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

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

sold, contact James Main Fine Art

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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Available, contact James Main Fine Art

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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Rose Garden, 14 x 20 | oil on panel

Golden Light, 18 x 18 | oil on panel

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

Moonrise, 10 x 14 | oil on panel

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

Mission, 12 x 16 | oil on canvas

Santa Monica Nocturne, 12 x 16 | oil on canvas

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

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

Palms, 6 x 6 | oil on canvas

Isla Vista Moonrise, 8 x 16 | oil on canvas

Mars Rising, 11 x 9 | oil on panel

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

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

Arroyo Seco, 21 x 28 | oil on canvas

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

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

Bridge Downtown, 26 x 36 | oil on canvas

Amtrak Bath, 30 x 24 | oil on canvas

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