Dunes Beach Hillside Acylic 16×20, ala prima, 11/23
I took a drive down to the Half Moon Bay area looking for a good vista.The plan was to hit Moss Beach but the spot I was thinking of was closed off for the seals. I continued down to Dunes Beach and checked out a few spots. I decided to hit up this view looking north east towards the coastal hills and discovered a good spot in the meadow where I could hide out from human passers by on a nearby bike path. This painting came out a little less figuratively than recent paintings but the pointalist effect asserts itself creating a subtle eye op energy field. It took about four hours to finish and I probably rushed and could have carved out more details and added more psycho-perspective effects but I’d rather have got it down while on site. I was a little tired at the end and the November air stated to chill later in the afternoon. Life on earth is rich with subtle stimulation and often times we are so in our heads we walk right past it. Here an ordinary snapshot is turned into a sentimental art piece, the underlying motive behind this excursion being the focalization of radical peace, a slowing down of time and the journalistic document of free movement. I got lost on the way down but in doing so found a few more sites of interest for future paintings.