Morning Near Santa Ynez

"Morning Near Santa Ynez"

5" X 7" Oil on Panel
This is a typical scene of a hiking trail you can find near Santa Ynez in spring. I've hiked above Lake Cachuma and seen the wildflowers in bloom and it can be quite a sight. I always love seeing the California poppies in spring and summer. We have them sprout up here in our yard and they will line both highways heading down to Santa Barbara.
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Hills Above Cachuma

"Hills Above Cachuma"
5" X 7" Oil on Panel

Another scene from my hike up in the hillsides above Cachuma lake in the Santa Ynez valley. I was fortunate enough to go there as the spring wildflowers were in full bloom. They created a wonderful carpet of color on the light brown grasses. My goal here was to capture the closer flowers, and using aeriel persepctive, push the distant ones back. This would add the depth to the painting that is seen here.

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A Nocturne

"Above Cachuma, Nocturne"

5" X 7" Oil on panel

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I recently did a painting of a hillside meadow near Cachuma lake. An artist friend of mine suggested I do a nocturne version of it and this was the result of that effort. Nocturnes are always fun to do and painting flowers at night was a fun challenge. I had these flowers in the day scene so I kept them for the nocturne and thin they worked out well.

"Trail Near Cachuma"

5"x7" Oil on Panel

Spent the good part of last Saturday at a camp near Cachuma Lake checking out a program sponsored by Hidden Wings. The Hidden Wings organization deals with children, and "after high school graduation" programs for children, with Autism. While there we went on a hike that had views of the lake and wandered around the border of the camp property. I'd guess it was about a mile long hike. It was overcast but later in the day the sun came out and I re-hiked it to take photos of thew wildflowers growing along the trail and in the meadows. It was a great hike...both times! hahaha.
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