Final Paintings and Sale Sonoma Plein Air Art Event 2014

Clouds Over Cabernet 6 x 6 Sold

George Ranch Oaks 6 x 6

Sonoma Plein Air Day Three Paintings

A Thirsty Hill 12 x 16

Sonoma Uplift 11 x 14

A Chance of Rain 11 x 14

Sonoma Plein Air Day Two Paintings

Companion Oaks 11 x 14

Hill at the Square 6 x 6 (quick draw)

Hill at the Square framed and sold

Sonoma Plein Air Art Festival 2014 Day One Paintings

A Thirsty Place 11 x 14

Valley Oaks 11 x 14

Sonoma Sentinals 11 x 14

A break by the coast: August Pescadaro Marsh 9 x 12 Plein Air Watercolor

August Pescadaro Marsh  9 x 12 Plein Air Watercolor

It was great to go paint at the Coast of Northern California. The moisture in the air was a good change from the dry conditions in the East Bay. This quick 9 x 12 was composed for me by nature, I turned my head and the dramatic darks of the trees contrasted with the distant and middle ground hills and gave the painting a dramatic focus.

After the Fire VII and After the Fire VIII

After the Fire VII 9 x 12

After the Fire VIII 13 1/2 x 16 1/2

I enjoyed painting in the evening in July  so I went back up  Mount Diablo to paint the next two After the Fire series in the early evening.
The light changed the colors so there was an orange/ pink cast to the colors that reminds me of the pinkish caste to the light during a fire. These were painted from South Gate Rd near Rock City where a few trees recently were removed and a new vista of the summit and burnt area is visible. The bare soil took on a lovely terracotta color in the evening light. And I am learning how to compensate for how quickly the light changes at this time of day. (Giving the visual memory muscles a work out for sure)