Caspers Park in San Juan Capistrano………this spot is a view from the one of the parking lots. Haven’t painted there in a while. All I think about when I paint there is mountain lions! If I paint there, I always stand near my unlocked car………just in case. Gorgeous greens after the rains.
Caspers Park, Ortega Hwy, 12×16 Oil
Blue and Purple Soccer 12×12 Oil
With thick paint in the grass area I feel like I captured the feeling of this Saturday morning game. The grass was so yellow and dry and these soccer boys really tore it up.
Lemonade on the Grass 6×6 Oil
Summer is over but in Southern California there is still plenty of sunshine, lemonade, and grass naps!
Looking for Sea Shells 6×6 Oil
The simple act of looking for shells in the warm sun is blissful!
Spreckled Donut 6×6 Oil
I didn’t think too hard when I titled this painting………someone said it should be “sprinkled donut”. Hmmmm. I think of sprinkles as the very tiny colored round do-dads. But the long oval-ish do-dads are called spreckles, to me. Then someone said it should be speckled donut. Hmmmm……..anywho it was a delicious donut and really juicy to paint the thick spreckled icing.
Soccer Pep Talk 6×6 Oil
The bright red against green grass drew me to paint this scene. The red uniforms seemed to make unified statement against sun drenched grass. After playing fiercely the girls zone out listening to the coach.
Keyhole Rock Montage 12×16 Oil
I love painting this scene on the cliffs of Laguna Beach at Heisler Park. Many tourists and visitors love visiting this spot and are always buying paintings of this scene. I don’t know what it is, it must be the magical rock formations or something.
White Scarf 8×10 Oil
Painted this oil painting of a girl who was looking away into the blue sky…and she just happened to be my daughter. The bright light on the scarf drew me in, so did the movement of her hair. Her attitude that day reminded me of the Girl with a Pearl Earring
Surfer 8×10 Oil
Surfers are super brave, they’re like the cowboys of Southern California. They get wiped out and get up on another wave and its amazing. I haven’t been in the ocean in 20 years and I think I’d have a massive panic attack if I tried. I used to love going in the ocean when I was a kid, but now that I am a mother of five kids, I have no desire to go in any more – don’t know why, don’t care! Four members of my family surf and we have sand everywhere, in the car, house and in our food. It seem so fun and zen to just get up there on the board in the gorgeous ocean with the sun, and by painting them I can live vicariously through them. I’m happy just watching and oil painting!
