landscape sketch painting

Leo Carillo Reflections This is a stretch of Leo Carillo State Beach in Southern California. It's been a favorite beach since I was a sm...

Here is another recent painting entitled O, Deer.  Play on words suggested by my granddaughter Emma. 

It's been a while since I've posted on this blog.  I've actually set up a website for my artwork at spencermackayfineart.com .  ...

Painted this from a visit to Zion National Park in Southern Utah.  Watercolor on 140lb Arches 14 x 22.

This watercolor depicts a grove of oaks in Chesebro Canyon near my home.  There is something wonderful about the shady areas under the tre...

I did the watercolor based on a shrine I visited in Kyoto, Japan a few years ago.  Done on 140 lb Arches cold press.  14 x 22.

Leo-Carillo-Beach , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Done a while back on an October trip to Leo Carillo Beach near Malibu. Done plein...

Hobble Creek Barn , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Watercolor sketch done on recent trip to Hobble Creek Utah. Done plein air in Mol...

Oak Path , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Lone oak tree in Chesebro Canyon Park about a half mile from my home in Agoura Hills. Luck...

Shadow Oak , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. 20 x 28 wc painting of oak tree near my friend Taylor Driggs' house in Oak Park, CA.

Had a great time backpacking with two of my sons last week in the Hoover Wilderness on the East slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains.  T...