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Santa Barbara Painting Nocturne Shoreline Park

Santa Barbara Nocturne

Santa Barbara Painting Nocturne Shoreline Park


The park above Leadbetter Beach in beautiful Santa Barbara, just before dawn. I’d gone to paint the beach and spent some time working here while the tide went out a little. What that entails is a headlamp, a clip on light on my painting surface, a Clif Bar and one of those cans of Starbucks espresso. The preliminary studies for this painting are from last winter.

Often we go on family vacations to Santa Barbara, so I try to fit in painting around the edges. This is one of those paintings. for sale

San Diego Beach Painting Cabrillo

Gray Cabrillo Surf

San Diego Beach Painting Cabrillo

Painted on location in Cabrillo, on Point Loma. for sale

Went to Cabrillo today to paint with my friend Margaret.

This composition is weird. I did not know if this would work, and I’m not 100% sure it does work. But it is what it is. I think as artists we need to try to step outside what is comfortable and push the ‘rules’ or even break all of them while staying inside a particular tradition.

Here’s mine:

Painting in Cabrillo

Here’s hers:

Painting with Margaret

We also learned, from eavesdropping on tourists, that people in Spain are more dedicated about recycling than people in Texas. It’s only hearsay though, so don’t quote me on it.

South Park San Diego Landscape Painting Urban

San Diego Alley Landscape Painting

South Park San Diego Landscape Painting Urban

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A peaceful alley on Trash Day in South Park, San Diego. I like Trash Day, well I like it every two weeks when they collect recycling, because I think the blue recycling bins are pretty.