Tag Archives: pacific
Crystal Cove, Laguna Beach Painting
Torrey Pines Painting, Del Mar
Windansea Beach Painting, La Jolla
Cabrillo Cliffs, San Diego
Cabrillo Plein Air, San Diego Painting
Cabrillo National Monument Painting
Sunset on the Pacific
Driving south to San Diego from Los Angeles, we stopped at an overlook to watch the sun go down over the ocean. Part of Camp Pendleton, a Marine Corps base with miles of preserved natural coastline.
Torrey Pines Glider Port Painting
A painting of the Pacific off La Jolla, from the Torrey Pines Glider Port.
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.
San Diego Beach Cliffs
With this painting, I was aiming for what Monet did with the cliffs at Etretat:
He did many paintings there, and I’m going to try again with this one at a lower elevation, which I hope will give the cliffs the sense of presence they have in real life.
Seascape, Point Loma from Coronado
I created this original seascape painting in the studio from a plein air pastel sketch that I drew on the beach at Coronado. Sunset light had painted the sky a soft yellow and Point Loma went purple in silhouette against it. This is the end of the beach right before you get to the military base. The headland in the background is Point Loma. The fog hadn’t started to really come in, but there was a light mist forming.
12 x 16 inches, oil on canvas on panel.