The balustrade and vintage lamp posts of Larkspur's recently replaced Bon Air Bridge pointed toward Mt.Tam in the distance.

One in a series of landscapes in which the goal was to explore various palettes.

A juniper tree imagined against a pink sky.

From Ring Mountain, a view of the SF Bay and beyond.

A highway recedes into the distance beyond a stand of trees.

One in a series of landscapes in which the goal was to explore various palettes.

The orderly rows and stakes in the vineyards of Napa Valley contrast with leaves growing in all directions and wild shooters poking out from above the vast sea of green.

A walking path alongside Richardson Bay in Mill Valley.

Each spring a rambling rose bush in our driveway bursts into bloom.

My brother-in-law photographed this expansive view of Lone Pine in central California.

At a riverside farm east of Willits, I was inspired by stately willow trees overlooking harvest-ready lettuce crops.

One in a series of landscapes in which the goal was to explore various palettes.

One in a series of landscapes in which the goal was to explore various palettes.

A bug's-eye view of a field of reeds and grasses.

Two trees sit atop a hill in this impressionist landscape.

A scene from a walk near my friend Paul's home near Berkeley's Grizzly Peak.