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Category Archives: Plein air
Point Lobos State Reserve Adventures
Point Lobos State Reserve Adventures
To Preserve Point Lobos State Reserve for future generations is dear to my heart. This beautiful California park is a precious jewel of the central coast, and one of my all time favorite places to paint. Countless artists before me have stood at these awesome vistas. Landscape artist Francis McComas called this wildly beautiful sanctuary “The greatest meeting of land and water in the world.”
Point Lobos is gorgeous any time of day, yet late afternoon light… read my Point Lobos Quest stories
Pinto Lake Valentine
Pinto Lake Valentine, o/c, 8x10
What started as a cool and humid Valentine’s Day turned into a warm and sunny afternoon paint out at PInto Lake County Park. With flowering plum trees in full pink bloom, the stage was set for a perfect Valentine to this lovely park. Painter’s Bliss!
The backwaters of Pinto Lake form precious wetlands for rare wintering birds. This year we have spotted the White-faced Ibis and Common Moorhens among the “regulars” like Blue Herons, Great White Egrets and an amazing variety of migratory ducks.(Alright, I admit, I’m a bird nerd). Another paintout is beckoning to the wild views of these wetlands…
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Surprise on the Big Sur Coast
View from Rocky Creek Bridge
Another day in paradise…painting plein air at the Big Sur Coast on a sunny Autumn day. 7 of us seized a stunning morning at the Rocky Creek Bridge parking lot with an awesome view.
- Chinese National TV Crew
Wouldn’t you have guessed it — just as we got ready to pack up, Chinese National TV Beijing shows up! You just never know what is going to happen when you are out there painting… they filmed a couple of us painting for an educational travel program, and who knows, we might be on Chinese TV! Maybe the program will end up here?
Four Painters, One Car, One Day
After our morning adventure, and a much needed break we headed to Point Lobos for more glorious painting time… some of us were hot in the morning, and freezing in the shade in the afternoon ~ the eternal challenge of the Plein Air Delight!
- Bathed in Sun, Pt. Lobos ~ Karin H. Leonard
Two of us schlepped all of our stuff way out beyond the far point of Cypress Grove, for some awesome vistas. While the rocks and water were bathed in golden autumn light, we were freezing in the shade. The heat of the morning was long forgotten ~ too hot or too cold, the eternal challenge of the Plein Air Delight! Yet the timeless beauty of Point Lobos worked its spell…until we were frozen solid – almost that is….