Category Archives: San Diego Paintings

Suburban Scene

San Diego Plein Air Landscape Painting

This area is called Allied Gardens, one of San Diego’s postwar suburbs. It has curving residential streets and culdesacs that branch off a busy road lined with strip malls. There are suburbs like this all over the country, places that once offered an idea of safety and a particular way of life and to some extent still do.

I have grown interested in this type of area recently. They really say a lot about American culture.

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Gray Day at Black’s Beach

Blacks Beach San Diego California Painting

Painted at Black’s Beach on a chilly day. Stiff wind off the water. It’s a nude beach but I was glad to have my down jacket with me. I frequently do prefer to strip down while painting here. In part because why not and in part because wearing clothes in this area often results in a weird vibe. I’m a weather wimp, that’s what brought me to San Diego in the first place, so too bad.

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