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Douglas Gorney - SF Sunset District-based artist Home portraits, urban sketching, Illustrations Online gallery • shop for prints and originals • commission inquiries • say hi: http://gorney.studio https://instagram.com/outeravenuesart

Loose, 18-minute watercolor sketch of a 1956 Chevy stepside pickup truck, bright red, with a black cover over the cargo bed.
A Muni Metro N Judah LRV heads South towards the ballpark on the Embarcadero. Overhead, clear blue skies. Lining the tracks on the right are palm trees and the Port of San Francisco piers, reflected in the clean sides and windows of the train.
A watercolor painting of the N Jidau Muni Metro train heading South along the Embarcadero under a blue sky. To the right, palm trees line the Cobblestone real bed, and Beyond that, San Francisco's piers.
The Golden Gate, seen from a coastal bluff, filled with brambles and white blossoms, on San Francisco's Lands End Trail in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. A sharp tidal line marks the division between green Bay water and the blue ocean. The Golden Gate Bridge is seen a few miles away to the east. In the sky, puffy clouds reflect the ocean light.
A cherry tree in bloom stands on the sidewalk in front of an ornate, green, Victorian cottage on a steep hill in this watercolor painting. It's flanked by similar houses uphill to the righanx downhill to the left. Behind the house, against a blue sky with partial clouds, stands a tall acacia tree -- behind which is a bit of the San Francisco skyline.
A watercolor and ink painting of Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. Looking up at the stadium under cloudy spring skies from King Street, we see a Muni N Judah light rain train come towards us.
A pastel and charcoal sketch of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in San Francisco, looking up Fulton Street from the west
A watercolor painting of the North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge peeking out from thick, peach-and-purple-colored fog covering the bay. In the foreground, the edge of the Marin Headlands are seen in shadow. To the right of the bridge, we can see the rosy San Francisco skyline, with the Bay Bridge and the hills of the East Bay in the background.
A painting of a green and tan house on a corner in San Francisco's Sunset District. Above the house, a bright blue sky with whiskey clouds. In front of it, a palm tree right on the corner, and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle parked in front of that.
A watercolor painting of a large and modern high school campus, with high several multi-story and buildings and one-floor bungalows. We look at the school from a landscaped, rock-and-scrub garden (the branches of a Monterey cypress intruding from the upper right) across a broad, largely empty street. Overhead, a blue sky with a few puffy clouds.
A watercolor painting of a party around a swimming pool in the backyard of a stately home in the green hills of mMll Valley, california. The house has a tall peaked roof. There are straw Tiki umbrellas around the pool, and a guy floating in a pool float.
Watercolor painting of a San Francisco "stick" Victorian house in baby blue with white trim, standing on a hill in lining towards the right. A large bushy tree in full foliage stands in front, slightly up the hill. Behind the house, a moody, partially cloudy sky.
A watercolor painting shows the back of a man in a plaid shirt, sitting on a bench in front of his house. The door of the garage is open, and inside are, in addition to a parked truck and lots of possessions, some friends, and a dog. Outside the house, sunbeams filter through lush green trees on the sidewalk.
We stand at the base of a dark, leafy tree, looking across and down a narrow San Francisco street lined with Victorian-era houses and trees with leaves of various colors.
An abstract composition in black, yellow and muted reds on a cyan/teal background with swirling lines and color fields in a shape vaguely remeniscent of a human head, perhaps that of an astronaut gazing out at the galaxy.
A quick ink and watercolor sketch of the Golden Gate Bridge -- under heavy grey skies, the red bridge towers and suspension cables are seen just above green bushes; in the background, obscured by fog, are traces of the Marin Headlands
A loose abstract drawing in black India ink with spots of blue, red and yellow
An abstract expressionist drawing with fast, squiggly ink lines in blue, gray and red, and some of the areas where the intersect filled in with yellow watercolor.
The fiberglass bust of a cartoonish, red dachshund in a chef's hat and bow tie is shown in profile, looking to the right, as it sits atop a steel pole
Three tubes of paint (red, yellow and blue) are shown on a loose sketch with splatters of black ink
A quick, black and white, pen and ink sketch of the electronic music composer Carl Heinz stockhausen. This white male, in his mid thirties or early forties, is seen in profiled as he stares, as if lost and thought, to the left. Left hand rests, Knuckles folded, on his lips and Chin. Wearing a white shirt with a black tie, he rests against a rack of recording and Sound Processing equipment.
An black-and-white ink sketch of a bearded Black man (the late Calvin Keys) bent slightly over the hollow-bodied archtop jazz guitar he's playing
Pen & ink sketch of a man in a baseball cap looking to the left
From a bucket attached to a boom, a Sonic internet lineman works on an electrical box on a utility pole outside a tan, mid-century apartment building in San Francisco's Sunset District. A white Buick Encovre crossover is parked in the foreground.
A watercolor painting of Eddie's cafe, at the corner of Fulton and Divisadero. The Viewpoint is of the Fulton Street side of the cafe, with the traffic on Divisadero street scene on the left side.
A quick watercolor sketch looking downhill from Balboa St. & 22nd Avenue at the 23rd & Balboa intersection ~ on the other side, Balboa goes uphill.
In this watercolor painting, a man and woman stand together on a scooter on the sidewalk in front of a grey building with a BLOW UP LAB sign on it -- it's their digital printing press. Next door stands a beige Victorian. At the curb -- we'll, past a bright green bike lane -- is a black Tesla Model 3. The surrounding buildings reflect off its highly polished surfaceIn this watercolor painting, a man and woman stand together on a scooter on the sidewalk in front of a grey building with a BLOW UP LAB sign on it -- it's their digital printing press. Next door stands a beige Victorian. At the curb -- we'll, past a bright green bike lane -- is a black Tesla Model 3. The surrounding buildings reflect off its highly polished surface. .
A watercolor and gouache painting of a white, two-story, ranch style home with a red door in tiburon, Marin County California. There's a steep driveway to the street below, stone steps, and a stone fence that includes a low water garden with a covering of orange rocks and gravel. In the shade of an oak tree to the left, a woman sits with her hands extended, ready to push a young girl on a swing. In the background, under blue skies, are green trees covering rolling hills.
A gauche painting of the open-topped, Art Deco-style boat tram from Blackpool, England, now part of San Francisco's historic Market Street Railway. In the illustration, the tram is running from right to left, angled slightly towards the viewer. You can see just a little bit of the rails beneath it and the street around it. The streetcar is filled with passengers and behind the windscreen, the operator is waving at you.
A watercolor sketch of a first generation BART train heading towards you, its rear cars curving to the right, between MacArthur and Rockridge on the Pittsburgh-Antioch line. Under a pale blue sky in the distance, the hazy skyline of San Francisco can be seen. To the right you see the edge of Highway 24.
A watercolor painting of a light green mid-century modern home on a corner in San Francisco's Outer Sunset District, with neighboring houses to its right. To the left, in a stone-rimmed tree bed, is a large palm tree, and in front of that, a Harley Davidson motorcycle is parked nest to the driveway. Overhead, blue skies with a light, wispy marine layer.
Watercolor sketch of an old blue Chevrolet pickup truck
Watercolor painting of a light blue "bowfront" house with fieldstone steps ,a blue sky and overhead wires above. In the windows are two dogs and, in the shadows, up on a cat tree, a Maine Coon cat.
A blue 1940 Buick Special is parked in front of houses and a fur and leather workshop in a new watercolor painting that attempts to portray the San Francisco neighborhood as it would have looked in the years just before World War II.
An ink sketch of a long-haired Japanese guy with large horn-rim glasses
Loose impressionistic ink sketch profile of a man in a hoodie, looking to the left
A painting of a bright red Victorian house with warm yellow light streaming from its windows on a landscaped hillside as darkness comes to San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood.
The crowd circles the stage, inspecting paintings I'm progress at Art Battle, a timed art competition in San Francisco.
Loose, impressionist watercolor still life of paintbrushes in a glass jar.