I pitched my easel to paint en plein air next to a liquor store in Pasadena, CA. Two young guys in their early teens came over to see what I was doing. They were stylishly overdressed, wearing what seemed to be every trendy clothing label they could find. Safe in the […]
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People lined the street of Fair Oaks Avenue. They were there celebrating Black History Month. The celebration featured a parade that traveled down the avenue from Altadena to Pasadena in California. I pitched my easel to paint en plein air in two locations. The first […]
Read MoreIn recent years, I’ve gone to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on New Years Eve to paint a float before it hits the parade route on Colorado Blvd. This year, my chosen float was Tuxedo Air. If you look at this painting, you might say, “The float is already on […]
Read MoreOur outreach ministry teams broke up into groups of two’s and three’s. Some of the outreach teams stayed in Altadena while others went to the neighboring city of Pasadena. I joined the outreach team assigned to the vicinity of Woodbury Rd. and Lincoln Ave. […]
Read MoreEvery New Years Eve, a parade of classic cars cruise down Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. This spectacle could be called the ‘Rose Bowl of Classic Cars. Many of the rides have been immaculately restored to their original beauty. There were so many tricked-out […]
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