Lagoon at Hendry's Beach, Santa Barbara
original oil painting, 10x8
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In March, Chris Beirne and I painted together in Southern California. I asked Chris to find a place to paint with big cliffs, along the ocean. Chris picked Hendry's Beach in Santa Barbara and suggested that we paint at sunset. It was unusally warm and sunny, which meant the beach was packed with people, not the best situation for plein air painting.
When I returned home, I painted the scene above. It's funny that I ended up painting the lagoon instead of the cliffs. I was attracted to the reflections on the pond, the green in the hills and the vertical compositional elements of the fan palms. You can see the long shadows from the setting sun.
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