Santa Barbara Murals

I just completed a wonderful "trompe l'oeil" landscape mural for a local dental clinic, so for my first blog I am sharing about this great project for American Indian Health & Services (www.aihscorp.org) here in Santa Barbara, CA!.. This view of the majestic local Santa Ynez Valley has been one of my favorite scenes since I was a child. The layers of rolling hills and friendly mountains fading into the distance, with groups of oak trees scattered across the landscape, casting shadows across the hills and plains.. I always marveled that this amazing view from "Vista Point" (off Highway 154)! Totally untouched my man, the landscape was sculpted by millions of years of Nature's carressing hand. This was a great opportunity to share the magic of this landscape with people in the midst of a traumatic moment in a medical environment. From the moment I started to paint, I was absorbed into "sculpting" (with my paintbrush) these hills and valleys, being as true to the actual terrain as possible, loving it and learning from it.