"Laguna Memory" 8X10, oil on stretched linen. Painted on location at Heisler Park, Laguna Beach, CA. I spent a special day here painting with other LPAPA artist members on Memorial Day weekend. The weather could not have been better, the colors were high key this day. I walked around trying to decide what to paint, everything was so gorgeous. I saw this cypress tree reaching out over the ocean bluff, as if it was pointing to the jutting rocks below and the clear coastal waters. I thought it might be nice to include part of the cypress to frame and add a design element to the painting. The bluff was made very warm in color and the rocks below have an added cooler blue over the warms to separate the two. I used Cerulean blue in the sea and faded it out towards the southern coastal waters. There was little tide and waves, so I painted in the swirling white water as it gently moved past the rocks. I purposely left out people and any buildings in the distant bluffs to give this a serenity. Price is $250. The second image is how it looked when I left with it on location. It fell on the seat of my Jeep and I spent 3 more hours studio time correcting the mishap. Luckily, the seat of the Jeep only smeared it and no dirt got into it. I think the accident was a good thing as I improved upon the plein air work by painting from the images I took later that afternoon in the studio. Life of an artist is not as easy as it looks.
"Laguna Memory" 8X10, oil on stretched linen. Painted on location at Heisler Park, Laguna Beach, CA. I spent a special day here painting with other LPAPA artist members on Memorial Day weekend. The weather could not have been better, the colors were high key this day. I walked around trying to decide what to paint, everything was so gorgeous. I saw this cypress tree reaching out over the ocean bluff, as if it was pointing to the jutting rocks below and the clear coastal waters. I thought it might be nice to include part of the cypress to frame and add a design element to the painting. The bluff was made very warm in color and the rocks below have an added cooler blue over the warms to separate the two. I used Cerulean blue in the sea and faded it out towards the southern coastal waters. There was little tide and waves, so I painted in the swirling white water as it gently moved past the rocks. I purposely left out people and any buildings in the distant bluffs to give this a serenity. Price is $250. The second image is how it looked when I left with it on location. It fell on the seat of my Jeep and I spent 3 more hours studio time correcting the mishap. Luckily, the seat of the Jeep only smeared it and no dirt got into it. I think the accident was a good thing as I improved upon the plein air work by painting from the images I took later that afternoon in the studio. Life of an artist is not as easy as it looks.
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