California Paintings and Prints

California outside the desert: San Francisco, Oakland and San Leandro in the Bay Area, Clayton, Humboldt County, Los Angeles, Pomona, Zuma Beach in Malibu, and the railway museum in Perris.

Desert works from Palm Springs, Joshua Tree and the Mojave have their own collection.

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AllPaintingsPrintsMixed media
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Grain Elevators & Mills
Motels & Roadside Signs
Diners, Cafés & Theaters
Barns & Farmsteads
Trains & Railroads
Churches & Schoolhouses
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Route 66
Palm Springs & the California Desert
Montana
Idaho
California
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North of Arcata
Painting of a small blue house in green fields north of Arcata, California, beside a road that curves away under pink and yellow evening clouds.Painting of a small blue house in green fields north of Arcata, California, beside a road that curves away under pink and yellow evening clouds.
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Abandoned Concession
Mixed-media painting of a red and white roadside stand marked BURGERS behind a weathered picket fence on an empty Northern California beach.Mixed-media painting of a red and white roadside stand marked BURGERS behind a weathered picket fence on an empty Northern California beach.
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Zuma Snack Shack
Painting of a pink beach snack stand at Zuma Beach, Malibu, with large multicolored FOOD letters on the roof and a lifeguard tower behind.Painting of a pink beach snack stand at Zuma Beach, Malibu, with large multicolored FOOD letters on the roof and a lifeguard tower behind.
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Echoes of the Past
Mixed-media painting of a rusted water tower on stilts in a golden field near Clayton, California, with two small tower photographs inset.Mixed-media painting of a rusted water tower on stilts in a golden field near Clayton, California, with two small tower photographs inset.
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Donahoo's Golden Chicken
Painting of the red and green Donahoo's GOLDEN CHICKEN sign in Pomona, California, with a rooster figure on a pink roof below.Painting of the red and green Donahoo's GOLDEN CHICKEN sign in Pomona, California, with a rooster figure on a pink roof below.
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Water Tower
Painting of a rusted cylindrical water tower on a steel lattice frame in flat open Southern California land under a blue sky.Painting of a rusted cylindrical water tower on a steel lattice frame in flat open Southern California land under a blue sky.
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Be Careful
Painting on four bolted panels of rail car details from the Orange Empire Train Museum in Perris, California: U.S.A.X. 89631, Santa Fe, BE CAREFUL and 467.Painting on four bolted panels of rail car details from the Orange Empire Train Museum in Perris, California: U.S.A.X. 89631, Santa Fe, BE CAREFUL and 467.
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Pann's Coffee Shop
Painting of the Pann's neon sign in Los Angeles, with red Parking and Coffee Shop arrows above an angled roof and pink clouds.Painting of the Pann's neon sign in Los Angeles, with red Parking and Coffee Shop arrows above an angled roof and pink clouds.
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Union Pacific
Mixed-media painting of a rust-red Union Pacific freight car above a yellow flatcar deck with railing and bolts, at the Orange Empire Train Museum in Perris, California.Mixed-media painting of a rust-red Union Pacific freight car above a yellow flatcar deck with railing and bolts, at the Orange Empire Train Museum in Perris, California.
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Just Around the Bend
Painting of a dark two-lane California road running toward pale mountain peaks, edged by orange fields and yellow posts.Painting of a dark two-lane California road running toward pale mountain peaks, edged by orange fields and yellow posts.
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Haven on Earth
Painting of the blue trailer-shaped TRAILER HAVEN sign in San Leandro, California, on a single pole above low pink buildings.Painting of the blue trailer-shaped TRAILER HAVEN sign in San Leandro, California, on a single pole above low pink buildings.
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17 Reasons
Painting of a San Francisco rooftop billboard reading 17 REASONS above a leasing sign, its steel scaffold against a pale blue sky.Painting of a San Francisco rooftop billboard reading 17 REASONS above a leasing sign, its steel scaffold against a pale blue sky.
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Haven on Earth
Hand-colored solar plate etching of the blue TRAILER HAVEN sign in San Leandro, California, shaped like a camper, over gray rooftops at dusk.Hand-colored solar plate etching of the blue TRAILER HAVEN sign in San Leandro, California, shaped like a camper, over gray rooftops at dusk.
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Donut Time
Color photo etching of a two-story DONUT CORNER building on an empty Oakland street corner, above an orange DONUT TIME sign with a clock.Color photo etching of a two-story DONUT CORNER building on an empty Oakland street corner, above an orange DONUT TIME sign with a clock.
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Seven Deadly Sins
Painting of a weathered red rail car panel at the Orange Empire Train Museum in Perris, California, stenciled SINS above a white placard numbered 7.Painting of a weathered red rail car panel at the Orange Empire Train Museum in Perris, California, stenciled SINS above a white placard numbered 7.
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