California Painting

Like I said in the last post, I got the opportunity to stay in California for a month. The colors were just extraordinary and really inspiring. It made be get off my butt and do my first painting in a LONG time. I became obsessed with this funny plant that grew outside my window on the sea cliffs...

This is how the painting turned out. I forgot how much I loved to do things like this and wonder why it's taken me so long.

And here it is in it's natural habitat. :)

California Color

For the last two weeks of June and the first two of July I spent my time in Carmel, CA. Every morning I woke up to an amazing landscape. The light could transform everything in a matter of minutes. Every hour felt different with stunning colors that the camera just doesn't really capture. All these pictures are taken within feet of each other, just at different points in the day.