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This 9x12 inch painting shows one of our favorite wineries. It was done using artist quality acrylic paints after inking a pencil drawing based on a photograph of the winery. The substrate is 140 lb watercolor paper bonded to a medium density fiber (MDF) panel. I dilute my acrylic paints as if they were watercolor paints, very thin solutions and multiple layers to achieve the color intensity I want.

About the Artist, Mike Robles I am a senior artist and a native Californian. I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Carlmont High School, Belmont in 1958. I graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 1963 with a BS in Physical Sciences. One week after graduating, I married Jane and this year we’ll be celebrating our 50th anniversary. My career as an analytical chemist for GE Nuclear Energy started in 1963 at the Hanford Engineering Works in Eastern Washington. In 1969, my family (wife and two sons) and I moved back to California and settled in Livermore. I continued working for GE for most of my 40 year career. I was exposed to art at a young age by my extremely gifted artist mother and step-father. But, I...