Afternoon in the pines – for sale
The light is changing rapidly these days as summer has turned to fall. Here’s another attempt to capture the light on the Torrey Pines, in Del Mar.
Torrey Pines, Del Mar
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Butterfly Beach Painting, Santa Barbara
Butterfly Beach- for sale
A perfect afternoon in Santa Barbara.
Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara
Leadbetter Beach – buy now
Morning light, Santa Barbara.
Torrey Pines, La Jolla
Torrey pines by the ocean in La Jolla, California. For sale
Point Loma San Diego Watercolor
Water, hill, and houses- buy now
On Point Loma, painted from a pizza place on the harbor.
Santa Ynez Valley Landscape Painting
Wine country – buy now
In the mountains above Santa Barbara.
Mt Soledad, La Jolla
Mt Soledad plein air- for sale
I’ve been drawn to sculptural trees lately, ones near the ocean that have been twisted and bent by the wind. This piece is from Mount Soledad in La Jolla, California.
Torrey Pines, San Diego
Torrey Pines- buy now
Trees sculpted by the wind in Del Mar, California.
Plaza de Panama, Balboa Park
Arches – for sale
Recently the city covered over a parking lot in the middle of Balboa Park. It’s changed the feeling completely, and I wanted to paint that.
Spanish House in Hillcrest, San Diego
Fall light in Hillcrest- buy now
Today the light shifted from summer to fall, just like that. Here’s my attempt to capture it.
Torrey Pines San Diego Painting
Afternoon light on the pines- for sale
I wanted to paint this hillside because it reminded me of Monet’s series of paintings of the Customs House at Varengeville.
Monet worked in series, capturing the same thing in different light effects. Some of these paintings are here in the USA, and you can see them side by side. There are several of the Rouen Cathedral paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and several of the Haystack paintings at the Getty in LA.
But I think the Customs House paintings are scattered. We have one here in San Diego at the SMDA, and I just saw another at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. It was the one at the Legion of Honor- a riot of pinks during a blazing noon- that made me think about this place in Torrey Pines.
Coffee in Horton Plaza
Morning coffee- buy now
This Sunday’s breakfast painting.
Carpinteria Beach Painting Santa Barbara
Early morning on the beach- for sale
Carpinteria Beach, near Santa Barbara.
Imperial Beach, San Diego
Coronados Islands – for sale
Painted on location yesterday at the beach along the US/ Mexico border.
Imperial Beach Painting, San Diego
Today’s plein air – buy now
This is the Border Field State Park. It’s a totally undeveloped beach on the border, with tidal marshes leading to it. The marshes are dry in the summer, but when the rains start they become wetlands.