Monday, December 28, 2020

Good Riddance to 2020

 The much anticipated end of a bad year. Not that 2021 will be instantly grand - there is still so much to get through. Yet hopeful for the new vaccine, new Administration that will bring some sanity and civility back to our country and new beginnings on many fronts.

Today is the first Monday painting session that has been rained out this year! That's a good thing, we really need the rain for the landscape we so love to be in.

The last several weeks of work:



Goleta Beach, high tide, oil on panel 8"x10"



Slough at Goleta Beach, oil on panel, 6"x12"


Slough at Goleta Beach, oil on panel, 8"x8"



Sky in Water, Devereux Slough, oil on panel, 8"x8"



Sedges, Devereux Slough, oil on panel, 8"x8"



Montecito peak from the Music Academy of the West, oil on panel, 8"x8"

Friday flower painting was also a saving grace - painting outdoors with friends, masked and distanced


Magnolia, oil on cartón paper, 8"x8"



and lastly:


Christmas Tree, oil on panel, 8"x10"

This years tree was cut from our yard - a scraggler that needed to go and it worked just fine as a 'Charlie Brown' tree. We didn't want to mask up and go out to pay an exorbitant price for something no one would see anyways. It's actually pretty nice and more free-form natural. A few light and decorations and we were all set.