Happy Earth Day!

Hillside House

Amaryllis opening up this morning

Peony, Amyrillis, Aloe Vera!

Getting started on a new painting using my ancient spreader

Aloe Vera bud

Fitzgerald Marine Reserve south of San Francisco

Encaustic on collage of antique ephemera.

Encaustic painting on antique ephemera collage

Encaustic painting on collage of antique ephemera. A series in progress

Revisiting the Carquinez Strait. 47”x53” #impasto #texture #oilpainting

Working on a large painting based on a small plein air study. #oilpainting #crystalsprings #skyline #releasethefiles #iceout #savedemocracy #resist

Rodeo Beach oil on canvas. 32”x35” #oilpainting #rodeobeach #resistance #blueskypainter #iceout

Still Life with Strawberries #oilpainting #stilllife

Carquinez Strait #oilpainting #pleinair

I’m happy, shipping this 4’x4’ landscape off today. #landscape #mountainroad #resist #thingstodoinsteadofbeinghauledoffbyIce

Copper etching 4”x4” #etching #landscape #blueskyart

Detail of Rodeo Beach #oilpainting #rodeobeach #surfing #NorthernCalifornia

China Camp #chinacamp #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #california #resist

Encaustic painting. #beeswax #encausticpainting #oilpaint #collage #cradledpanel

San Bruno Mountain #oilpainting

Plein air at the Berkeley Marina. #oilpainting #berkeley

Terry St.John painting by the barn on Mt. Diablo. #oilpainting #mtdiablo #pleinairpainting #bayarea

A plein air painting from Coyote Point on San Francisco Bay. #oilpainting #pleinair #boats

A plein air painting I did along the Oakland Estuary. #Oilpainting #oaklandestuary

Coastal bird with intriguing shadow

This plein air oil was done on Mt. Diablo in the Bay Area in 2002 #oilpainting #pleinair #textural #expressionist

We saw Eagles flying over Lake Oswego this week in Oregon! #birder #eagles #oregon

Flowers on a red table. #oilpainting #oiloncanvas

Mountain End of Day #oilpainting #californiapleinair #mountainroad

Mountain with a View #oilpainting #4ftSq

Copper etching printed on vintage paper. #etching

Waterside park. #rodeoca #sanfranciscobay #californiapleinair #oilpainting

#mountainmonday #mtdiablo

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Painting the hills here in California. #oilpainting #california #farm

Mountain Colors #mtdiablo #oilpainting #jameshartmanpaintings.com

Encaustic on collage of antique ephemera on repurposed redwood panel.

Encaustic on reclaimed redwood #encaustic

Copper etching 4”x4” AP Vintage paper

This oil on canvas is on its way to a collector in Austin. :-) #oilpainting #oiloncanvas

A local client from 22 years ago is moving and offered to give back the oil painting she bought back in the day. #oilpainting #eucalyptustrees #painting #goodpeople #trees

Aquatic Park 42x48 just shipped #berkeley #pleinair #oilpainting

Encaustic on vintage ephemera collage. “Still Life with Stoneware Pitcher” #painting #encaustic #stilllife

Winehaven , a historic wine storage facility from after the earthquake. These are worker’s homes, abandoned and locked up. #pleinair #impossibleplacestopaint #gaurdstation #permission #gainedentry #winehaven #california #oilpainting #blueskyart

Burlingame Train Station #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #burlingametrainstation #eucalyptus

Walking in Berkeley #oilpainting

Monoprint, Landscape #monoprint #resist