oil on canvas

Lucky Service Station San Anselmo California on a rainy winter night April 2016. The station has since changed ownership the iconic sign gone. The polished metal sign was manufactured by an aviation metal works. 30×40 oil on canvas.

Jim’s first painting. 24″x36″ Oil on canvas.

Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak and their cars appear at Fort Point in Vertigo. The original focus was a surfer riding his bike with a surfboard strapped to the side. The surfer is gone. From a photo my wife took. 30″x40″ oil on canvas.

Jack Hunt’s new and used classic cars in San Rafael. This piece represents numerous visits to the site during day and night and in the rain. I did a small oil study first which only vaguely resembles this larger piece. As with most of my paintings much has been altered from the original scenes. I am particularly drawn to strong geometries night rain shadows and deeper warmer colors. My wife an art history major calls my paintings expressionistic realism.

How the barber shop has changed. Welcome to the 21st. This painting is based on a barber shop on 4th St. in downtown San Rafael CA – The Shop. 36″x48″ oil on canvas.

Gnoss Field Novato

General Douglas MacArthur Tunnel San Francisco on approach to the Golden Gate Bridge northbound. (General MacArthur and Jim share the same birthplace Little Rock Arkansas.) 30″x40″ Oil on canvas.

Downtown San Anselmo.