Portfolios > East Bay Palms

West Oakland street scene. Old Victorian houses, palm trees, a vintage auto and a cruiser parked at the curb
Cruiser on 20th Street
Acrylic on wood
2010
Urban landscape with Victorian house and palm trees. West Oakland street scene.
29th Street
Acrylic on Wood`
2009
West Oakland street scene. Old Victorian house, towering palm trees and a vintage auto parked in the front year.
2126 Linden Street
Acrylic on Wood`
48 x 28
2000
$1950
Old yellow truck parked on Linden Street. Cypress trees parade across the scene, and a lone palm dominates the sky.
Pickup on Linden Street
Acrylic on Wood`
31 x 48
2000
$1800
There's a pink house back there behind the palms, with a green carpet rolled out for visitors
Ashby Avenue
Acrylic on Wood`
2019
A Berkeley street scene. A small wooden house framed by two towering palms.
Acton Street
Acrylic on Wood
2011
Urban landscape. A bright yellow house on the corner of Greyson Street in South Berkeley.
Greyson Street
Acrylic on Wood
2014
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2019

When I first moved to California from the East Coast, I was enthralled with the light and the color and the PALM TREES! I drove around Berkeley and Oakland, scanning the skyline for palm trees which always seemed to me like upside down exclamation points. West Oakland, especially, was a treasure trove of old Victorians with their stately palms, but they were everywhere. The paintings derived from these photos capture the trees in their particular locale, framing an old Victorian or towering above a local street scene. To me, they bring exuberance and character to the urban landscape.