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Mission Bay San Diego Watercolor
Mission Bay – buy now
Lately I’ve been noticing the signs of burnout with oil painting.
The best cure for burnout for me is two things: plein air watercolor, since it’s so fresh and relaxing; and a visit to the art museum. I’d like to go to LACMA, but it’ll probably be a couple of weeks before I make the drive to LaLaLand.
So today I hopped in the truck and felt the pull to Mission Bay. I’m always intrigued by the palms over the low flat roofs of the houses.
It turned out to be the perfect choice; there were people playing beach volleyball, sailboats and jet skis, kids laughing, and a cool breeze off the water. A great painting day.
Santa Barbara Beach Painting
East Beach, Santa Barbara.
I love this beach, and I love this town. This is a larger studio painting from my most recent trip.
This painting is unavailable, but here are more Santa Barbara paintings for sale.
Laguna Beach Painting
Aliso Beach – for sale
Sunny Day in Laguna. I got really interested in the complicated shape of this rock, weathered into bulges and grooves.
Bougainvillea in North Park Alley
North Park San Diego- for sale
Palm trees, power lines, and bougainvillea in beautiful North Park, San Diego.
Speaking of North Park, next Saturday May 18, I’ll be at North Park Festival of Arts, in the juried artists area.
North Park Festival of Arts
Booth J-24
On University Ave near Iowa St.
11-6.
Hope to see you there!
Santa Barbara East Beach Sunset
East Beach Sunset – for sale
A blazing sky over East Beach in Santa Barbara, California.
East Beach in Santa Barbara Painting
East Beach – buy now
Painted on location on East Beach in beautiful Santa Barbara.
Someone asked why I mostly have paintings of East Beach. Well, the answer is we usually stay across the street at the Motel 6, which as I understand it once cost $6 per night.
The thing is, when you are a painter and you are traveling, you really HAVE TO GO PAINT or you will go insane but you don’t want to wreck everyone else’s vacation. I try to compromise.
So a typical Santa Barbara painting day is, I get up just before dawn and try to be on the beach as the sun is coming up, and then I have a solid five hours to paint before we move on to lunch or wine tasting in the Santa Ynez Valley. So I mostly, but not always, just walk across the street to East Beach.
And I could probably paint on this beautiful beach every single day.
Santa Barbara Beach Painting
East Beach Twilight – commission
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- for sale
East Beach in Santa Barbara, California, in the morning. Painted on location on the beach.
Santa Barbara Beach Sunset
East Beach Evening – Commission, but here are more California seascape paintings for sale
Mellow sunset light at East Beach in Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara Sunset Palms
East Beach, Santa Barbara- buy now
Sunset in Santa Barbara.
Kensington Cafe, San Diego
Spring Forward at the Kensington Cafe- for sale
Painted over morning coffee on the patio at Starbucks in the San Diego neighborhood of Kensington. It’s a really nice area.
There were great views in all directions, including a stunning Sixties Functional gas station and a Modernist library with trees growing through the architecture. I didn’t paint the library though; I got too discombobulated from Spring Forward. I’ll have to go back.
While I am primarily an oil painter, I love the immediacy of completing a loose pen and ink sketch highlighted with watercolor.
At this point, I think I’m going to have to call this a series: Sunday at Starbucks.
Casa De Balboa Building, Balboa Park, San Diego
A gray day in the park.
Commission. This painting is unavailable, but here’s a link to my online store.
Santa Barbara Beach Painting
Santa Barbara Beach Painting – Sold, but here are more Seascape Paintings For Sale
Theoretically, I’m somewhere in Santa Barbara right now, painting.
Santa Barbara Beach
Santa Barbara Beach Painting – (sold but here are more seascapes)
This is where we’re headed today! Looking forward to painting on the beach.