Laguna Beach & Crystal Cove
Figures at Crystal Cove
oil/canvas
18" x 24"
$400.00
oil/canvas
18" x 24"
$400.00
The scene represents a trio of bathers who are at a bench shaded by an umbrella (unseen) perhaps playing cards. The striped umbrellas and the tall building in the distance identify the scene as Crystal Cove on the California-coast (freely interpreted). The painting came about as an attempt to capture the brilliant late afternoon light coming off the sea as it strikes a complex scene.
Laguna Beach
oil/canvas
16" x 20"
$400.00
oil/canvas
16" x 20"
$400.00
One of my many paintings recording the appearance of this iconic Southern California beach, with its rocky coast, its every changing shoreline, and its deep blue water. The grassy slope in the center supports a grove of trees and a pair of small buildings painted red. On a clear day the town of Laguna Beach would be visible beyond the outcropping of rocks in the upper right hand corner.
Palm Trees
oil/canvas
14" x 11"
$400.00
oil/canvas
14" x 11"
$400.00
The trees are made up of strongly contrasting patches of color and form a diagonal movement into depth. While that and the diminished size of the trees sets up a movement in one direction; white waves both parallel and oppose the direction of the palm trees to create some visual energy.
View of Hessler Park, Laguna Beach
oil/canvas
16" x 20"
$400.00
oil/canvas
16" x 20"
$400.00
One of my more successful attempts to capture the movement of the ocean north of Hessler Park at Laguna Beach. Painting a moving landscape is one of the hardest things I have attempted. I started this painting, as I often do, with a small pencil drawing which demonstrated the opposing directions of the palm trees and the incoming waves along the curving beach.