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Torrey Pines Landscape Painting San Diego

Torrey Pines San Diego Painting

Torrey Pines Landscape Painting San Diego

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.

Torrey Pines Del Mar Landscape Painting

Torrey Pines, San Diego

Torrey Pines Del Mar Landscape Painting

Afternoon light – for sale

Golden light in Torrey Pines, Del Mar, California.

What I love about these trees is the way, when they are planted in certain places the wind sculpts them into undulating, twisting goblin shapes. They remind me of trees in a Japanese garden.

Blacks Beach Painting San Diego

Blacks Beach Bluffs

Blacks Beach Painting San Diego

Blacks Beach Painting San Diego- for sale

Rolling surf seascape at Black’s Beach along the La Jolla, California coast. I love this beautiful area of the coast with its dramatic cliffs, wide beaches and hazy light; my knees love the stairs down to Blacks Beach somewhat less.