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La Jolla: Spring 2011

4/19/2012

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I grew up in the Bay Park neighborhood of San Diego, but spent much of my youth at the beach in La Jolla. Maybe that is why I am fascinated with it as a subject for painting nearly four decades later . . . 
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"No Smoking, No Alcohol"
Acrylic on Canvas / 18 x 24 inches
SOLD!

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"Quiet at the Cove"
Acrylic on Canvas / 12 x 16 inches
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"Sea Lions, Cormorants and Lavender"
Acrylic on Canvas / 24 x 30 inches
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"Shell Beach in April"
Acrylic on Canvas / 24 x 30 inches
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"Spring Bloom at Wipeout Beach"
Acrylic on Canvas / 12 x 16 inches
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"Boomer's in Bloom"
Acrylic on Canvas / 12 x 16 inches
SOLD!

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Winter in La Jolla

1/15/2012

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"Winter Aloe in Bloom"
Acrylic on canvas / 20 x 28 inches
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"December at Boomer's"
Acrylic on canvas / 24 x 30 inches
SOLD!

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Fall 2011: New Mexico-Utah

1/15/2012

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"November Stream"
Acrylic on canvas / 12 x 16 inches
Private collection

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"Rio Embudo"
Acrylic on canvas / 12 x 16 inches
Private collection

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"Aspens Near Angel Fire, NM"
Acrylic on canvas / 18 x 24 inches
Available (inquire: dirkh@att.net)

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"Arroyo Blanco"
Acrylic on canvas / 18 x 24 inches
Available (inquire: dirkh@att.net)

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"Taos Chamisa"
Acrylic on canvas / 18 x 24 inches
Available (inquire: dirkh@att.net)

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"October in Rockville"
Oil on canvas / 24 x 30 inches
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"Near the North Rim"
Oil on board / 6 x 12 inches
Available (inquire: dirkh@att.net)

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L.A. Sunset

8/28/2011

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This painting was commissioned by my cousin, a longtime Angeleno who recently relocated to Georgia. I had a lot of fun with it and I think I will try more urban landscapes in the future.
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L.A. Sunset
Oil on canvas.   24 x 36 inches   SOLD!
Available in giclee print (inquire at dirkh@att.net)

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Zion, Utah

4/22/2011

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Since visiting southern Utah about one year ago, I have returned three times and made several paintings based on photographs I took on my various trips. It is such an inspiring and majestic landscape . . . hard to do it justice, but I will try.
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"Virgin River from Emerald Falls"   
Oil on canvas / 36 x 48 inches
Available (inquiries: dirkh@att.net)

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"Clouds Over Zion"
Oil on canvas.   30 x 42 inches.   SOLD!

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"Storm Over Zion"
Acrylic on canvas.  24 x 30 inches.    SOLD!

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"Emerald Falls in October"
Acrylic on canvas.   12 x 16 inches
Available (inquiries: dirkh@att.net)

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"Steps to the Subway"
Acrylic on canvas / 12 x 16 inches
SOLD!

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Horses, Cows, Mountains, Clouds: Northern New Mexico

3/17/2011

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Here are some paintings I completed in the fall and winter, inspired by summer trips to southern Utah and northern New Mexico.
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"Summer Grass"
Acrylic on canvas / 20 x 28 inches        
Available (inquiries: dirkh@att.net)

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"A Bird in Hand"Acrylic on canvas / 20 x 28 inches        Available (inquiries: dirkh@att.net)

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"Big Cloud Country"
Acrylic on canvas / 20 x 28 inches

Available (inquiries: dirkh@att.net)

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Chama River Series

8/26/2010

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I went up to O'Keeffe country last June and took some pictures. I am currently in the process of turning them into paintings and here is the first of what will eventually be four or five wide-angle landscapes.
                                       
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        Chama River Bend
Acrylic on canvas / 18 x 36 inches
Available (inquiries: dirkh@att.net)

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Lost on the High Road

8/11/2010

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These oil paintings are based on two trips I took with my wife and a good friend between Santa Fe and Taos in the summer and fall of 2009. We got lost both times while driving on the famous High Road that winds from the high desert of Chimayo through Las Trampas to the magical mountain region of Taos, New Mexico.
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                        "The Way to Chimayo"    Oil on canvas.     20 x 28 inches.      Available: dirkh@att.net
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                                           "Stumpy's Roundup"     Oil on canvas.      22 x 28 inches.      Available: dirkh@att.net
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                                         "Beyond the Wire"        Oil on canvas.     18 x 14 inches.       Private collection
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                                  "Autumn Chamisa"     Oil on canvas.    14 x 18 inches.      Private collection
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                                      "Let Him Lie"       Oil on Canvas.            22 x 28 inches        Available: dirkh@att.net
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                                  "Drifting North"     Oil on canvas.       12 x 16 inches          Available: dirkh@att.net
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                                        "Zia Sunset"          Oil on canvas.         28 x 22 inches         Available: dirkh@att.net
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New Mexico Impressionism . . .

8/10/2010

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Some oil paintings based on my travels and photography across Northern New Mexico . . . can't wait to get back!
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                     "Clouds Over Rio Pueblo"      Oil on canvas.        12 x 16 inches.      Available: dirkh@att.net
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                  "Blue Mesa III"    Oil on canvas board      14 x 18 inches       SOLD!
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                 "Blue Mesa I"     Oil on canvas board     14 x 18 inches   Available: dirkh@att.net
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                  "Walking South"    Acrylic on canvas board     12 x 16 inches     Private collection
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Los Trabajos Series

5/3/2010

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This is a series of acrylic paintings on canvas that I made of people and places I encountered in and around Taos, New Mexico in the summer of 2009. I am not done with the series, but these give you a good idea of what intigues me about the area . . . its light, its history and its people.
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                                                 "Los Trabajos"     Acrylic on canvas.      22 x 30 inches       Available: dirkh@att.net
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                                               "Semper Fi, Yolanda"      Acrylic on canvas.     24 x 18 inches.      Available: dirkh@att.net
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                                                  "Morning Shadows"     Acrylic on canvas.    12 x 16 inches     Private collection
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