A Special Place

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This is a 18x18 oil on stretched canvas painted as a commission.  On my trip to Santa Barbara last month I  had the opportunity to see a part of the coast that I would never have known about without my friend Connie's help.  She recently moved to the Santa Barbara area.  Connie is a realtor and covers the Santa Barbara vicinity with properties in the Orange County area as well.  

Hope Ranch is one of the areas she is developing clientele.  This is an amazing area of country life with sprawling ranch homes on acres of land sitting beautifully on the bluffs over looking an amazing stretch of beach.  The area includes a fabulous golf course and country club.  As you drive through the rambling hills you can catch a glimpse of horse back riders on the trails throughout Hope Ranch.

This painting depicts the private pathway to the cabanas and beach.  It is a forested path that takes you to the edge of the Pacific Ocean.  

Sunset On The Santa Barbara Mesa

Santa Barbara has some of the most beautiful coastline.  This is a stretch of beach below Mesa.  I was out on a walk through a forest area up on the mesa.  It was just wonderful.  At the end of the walk was a set of stairs down to the beach.  It was perfect timing for a wonderful sunset.

This was a demonstration pastel I did as part of an evening gala and concert series in collaboration with Enderle Center and Chemers Gallery in Tustin.  I currently have six framed pastel paintings on display and for sale at Chemers Gallery.

12x12, pastel

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Out On A Leash

9x6, pastel

Out for an afternoon stroll in the rose garden.  I enjoyed seeing the parade of dogs that strolled with their masters throughout the Santa Barbara rose garden,  

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17300 Seventeenth Street, Suite G, Tustin, CA 92780
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Afternoon Shadows

12x9, pastel

The afternoon light hitting the foliage and trees on the coastal bluff of Santa Barbara casts beautiful shadows.  What a gorgeous place to hang and watch the sunset.  

Ocean Walk

6x12, Pastel

Walking on this stretch of Santa Barbara beach with the smell of the ocean in my face is pure paradise.

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Sand and Rock

8x6, pastel

I was drawn to the rock on this cliff as it turned into the shadow.  This is another view of the beach area of Santa Barbara.

Mission Living

8x6, oil, $90.00

Lovely home that sits across from the SantaBarbara Mission and the lovely rose garden.  It was a great day to paint outside and the only day that the sun came out before the day was half over.

Santa Barbara Beauty

8x6, oil, $90.00

Lovely day plein air painting in Santa Barbara.  This is an area very close to the Mission.  I painted in a  wonderful park where people and there dogs and children came and went.  There is a beautiful rose garden for everyone to enjoy and wander around the many different species.  Santa Barbara is a beautiful place to visit and I am grateful for the chance to paint here.