Morning light, Santa Barbara.
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Carpinteria Beach Painting Santa Barbara
Carpinteria Beach, near Santa Barbara.
San Clemente Seascape Painting
Nice spot for a walk.
My cousin came from out of state for a Disneyland trip, and we met him at a beachfront pizza place in San Clemente. Well not strictly beachfront, but you could see the water.
Ledbetter Beach Dawn
From a painting trip last summer to beautiful Santa Barbara.
East Beach, Santa Barbara
Afternoon light flaring on the wet sand. East Beach.
Crystal Cove Beach Painting
Started en plein air (outside on the sand) in Crystal Cove, California.
Sunset in Laguna Beach
A plein air work from my recent trip to Laguna Beach. I’d planned this one as just a color study of the softening light towards evening, but I like the tranquil mood of the completed painting.
A collector asked me to keep this one on hold for a few days- but here are more Laguna Beach Paintings for sale.
Laguna Beach Plein Air
This might be a color study only or maybe I’ll finish it tomorrow. The light in Laguna and the water colors are different from San Diego, so I wanted to focus on capturing the changing light effects in a series of quick studies.
Santa Barbara Beach Painting
East Beach in the early evening- this commission is already sold to a wonderful collector, but here are more California beach paintings.
East Beach Santa Barbara Plein Air
East Beach in Santa Barbara, California, in the morning. Painted on location on the beach.
Capistrano Beach, Dana Point California
Late afternoon haze at Capo Beach in Dana Point.
I am a person who usually finishes my oil sketches into more elaborate paintings because I like them polished- but in this case, the loose treatment seemed to reflect the quality of the light. So I left it.
San Clemente Pier
This was one of those bright, bright days where everything went bleached pale. It was very still.
Waves on the Rocks, Cabrillo
Waves crashing on the rocks on Cabrillo point. I’d planned to touch up this plein air painting in the studio, but after living with the painting for a while, decided to leave it as-is. Something about the less polished state appeals to me.