Mussel Rock Park, Daly City Acrylic 11 x 14
Marina and I were traveling down to visit our friend Tammy Fortin last weekend. It was the golden hour as we descended Highway 1 down to Pacifica. Sunset stretched out across the hills, ocean and waves vibrating my senses. Two days later I was heading back down there looking for a good plein aire spot. There’s that big hill you go down on the way to Pacifica before the highway embankment. I hit the first exit, took a right and tried to hug the coast hoping to find a vista which I did called Mussel Rock Park. I walked along the vertigo cliffs and found a spot at the very edge. The point of view is mostly looking down below the horizon line. Off in the distance is Mt Tam, the Headlands and Bolinas. I was attempting to capture the dynamics and vibrational kineticism of this place (as always). The painting ended up a little more on the abstract side which is ok with me since I’m an abstract artist posing as a nature artist and am just using the contours, planes and vectors of nature to guide me in my slapping on and mopping around of paint. As I was wrapping it up a couple construction guys on their lunch break gave me the thumbs up. That’s one of the cool things about painting outdoors. Strangers already like you and are supportive.