Waterfront Collection
Waterfront is an ongoing collection of original palette knife oil paintings inspired by California's harbors, sailboats,
working waterfronts, and coastal landscapes. Created from observations gathered throughout Monterey Bay, Moss Landing,
San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific coastline, these paintings explore the relationship between light, movement, reflection, and place.
Water has long fascinated me as a subject. It transforms everything it touches. Reflections dissolve into abstraction, colors shift with
changing weather and tide, and familiar scenes become entirely new from one moment to the next. Whether painting a sailboat gliding across the bay,
a weathered fishing vessel returning to harbor, or the quiet atmosphere of a coastal morning, I am continually drawn to the ever-changing language of water.
Each painting is created in oil using a palette knife, building layers of texture, color, and surface. Thick impasto and visible mark-making are central to the work, allowing the paintings to retain a sense of movement and physical presence. Rather than documenting a scene exactly as it appears, I aim to capture the feeling of being there—the light, the atmosphere, and the memory of a place.
The collection includes sailboats, harbor scenes, waterfront reflections, working fishing vessels, and coastal landscapes inspired by California's maritime culture. Together, these paintings celebrate the beauty of life lived alongside the water.
Based in the Monterey Bay area, I continue to draw inspiration from the harbors, marinas, working docks, and coastlines that shape this remarkable part of California.
Browse the collection below to explore available paintings from the Life on the Water series.
Fresh off the Easel!
30 × 40 × 1.5 inches | Oil on canvas
Harbor Patina is a flagship piece in my Working Waterfront series, inspired by the active docks and fishing vessels along the Monterey and San Francisco Bay. This painting captures a weathered trawler at rest, its worn surfaces and layered tones telling the quiet story of time, use, and exposure to the elements.
Built with expressive palette knife work, the surface carries both structure and movement, with rusted ochres, softened blues, and mineral greys layered into the hull and reflected water below. The vertical rhythm of the rigging and masts creates a strong architectural presence, balanced by the calm, shifting reflections across the harbor.
This piece moves beyond a traditional coastal scene, focusing instead on the authenticity and character of the working waterfront, where function, texture, and atmosphere take precedence over decoration.
Painted on a 1.5” deep, gallery-wrapped canvas using professional-grade materials, Harbor Patina is ready to hang and designed to hold a wall with quiet strength and presence.
Click here to watch the YouTube video walkthrough of my new waterfront series.
Features:
Wired, Ready to hang
Edges finished, no framing required
Unframed: Frame shown for styling only
Signed on the front and back
Certificate of Authenticity included
Complimentary shipping in the U.S
24 × 36 × 1.5 inches | Oil on canvas
An atmospheric sailboat painting inspired by the soft coastal light and reflective harbor waters of California’s waterfronts. Painted in layered mineral blues, warm creams, and muted coastal tones, Harbor Glow balances movement and stillness with expressive palette knife texture and luminous reflections across the water.
Finished on a 1.5” deep gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges and wired ready to hang.
Click here to watch the YouTube video walkthrough of my new waterfront series.
Features:
Wired, Ready to hang
Edges finished, no framing required
Ships unframed: Frame shown for styling only
Signed on the front and back
Certificate of Authenticity included
Complimentary shipping in the U.S
24 × 36 × 1.5 inches | Oil on canvas
An atmospheric sailboat painting inspired by the soft coastal light and reflective harbor waters of Southern California’s waterfronts. Painted in layered mineral blues, warm creams, and muted coastal tones, Driftline balances movement and stillness with expressive palette knife texture and luminous reflections across the water.
Finished on a 1.5” deep gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges and wired ready to hang.
Fresh off the Easel!
30 × 40 × 1.5 inches | Oil on canvas
Soft morning light dances across the water as white sails catch the breeze and glide through a luminous coastal horizon. Rich reflections of blue, gold, and ivory ripple across the surface, creating a sense of movement, elegance, and quiet freedom. Inspired by the beauty of sailing along the California coast, Light on the Water captures the fleeting interplay of wind, light, and sea in a contemporary impressionistic style.
Painted on a 1.5” deep, gallery-wrapped canvas using professional-grade materials, Light on the Water is ready to hang and designed to hold a wall with quiet strength and presence.
Click here to watch the YouTube video walkthrough of my new waterfront series.
Features:
Wired, Ready to hang
Edges finished, no framing required
Unframed: Frame shown for styling only
Signed on the front and back
Certificate of Authenticity included
Complimentary shipping in the U.S
30 × 48 × 1.5 inches | Oil on canvas
Inspired by an early morning sketching trip to the Moss Landing Marina in the Monterey Bay, this large-scale coastal painting captures the soft atmospheric light, reflective harbor waters, and lively energy of the working waterfront as seabirds circled and called overhead and low over the waterline.
Built with expressive palette knife texture, the piece balances quiet morning tones with moments of warmth and movement, creating depth, atmosphere, and a strong sense of place grounded in California’s coastal landscape.
Click here to watch the YouTube Video walkthrough of my new waterfront series
Details:
Original oil painting on canvas
Edges finished, no framing required
Wired and ready to hang
Signed front and back
Certificate of Authenticity included
Complimentary U.S. shipping
Fresh off the Easel!
24 × 30 × 1.5 inches | Oil on canvas
A quiet moment along the working waterfront, where a moored vessel and its reflections meet the warm glow of evening. Built with expressive palette knife texture, the piece balances cool coastal tones with rich, fading light.
Click here to watch the YouTube video walkthrough of my new waterfront series
Details:
Original oil painting on canvas
Edges finished, no framing required
Wired and ready to hang
Signed front and back
Certificate of Authenticity included
Complimentary U.S. shipping
12 × 12 × 1.5 inches | Oil on canvas
Inspired by the working waterfront, Reflections in Rust captures a weathered vessel and its reflections, shaped by time, salt, and use. Built with expressive palette knife work, the surface holds both structure and movement, with layered color, worn edges, and quiet light.
A grounded, textural piece for collectors drawn to coastal subjects with depth and character.
Details:
Original oil painting on canvas
Edges finished, no framing required
Wired and ready to hang
Signed front and back
Certificate of Authenticity included
Complimentary U.S. shipping