ELLIS WATERSHED

The Monday morning class of Camille Przewodek often comes to this watershed area in Petaluma to paint. During the rainy season lots of grasses grow and as time passes the colors vary from greens and golds, to reds and purples. Observing the color there again and again is reminiscent of Monet's haystack series. This was done on a sunny morning.

Oil on canvas board

9" X 12"

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GOLDEN HOUR SEA RANCH

Another view looking up from the bluff by the ocean at the edge of sunset. I thought I understood why the impressionists may have painted with broken color. When the wind is blowing you around and you have one hand steadying the easle, you have to paint that way!

9" X 12"

Oil on hardboard

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SEARANCH BLUFF AT SUNSET

The last light as the sun sets is called the 'golden hour' by painters. There is a brief time when the light is very orange-gold and the shadows very blue-violet. There was so much information and color out there, it was a challenge to simplify what I saw, paint it quickly, and battle the wind that whipped up at sunset.

Oil on canvas board
9" X 12"
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SEA RANCH COASTAL VIEW

I painted this view from the living room window looking down at the ranch style homes along the coastline in the early morning.


Oil on hardboard

9" X 12"

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SEA RANCH COLORS

Sea, sky, and golden grasses were the subject of this smaller painting. It was a distillation of the colors from several days of little house studies at Sea Ranch.

5" X 7"

Oil on hardboard

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Sea Ranch Morning II

The view of ranch houses overlooking the ocean in the morning light was lovely to paint.

Oil on hardboard

5" X 7"

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SEA RANCH HOUSES IN THE MORNING

I shared a house with three other painters at Sea Ranch in September. I loved being so close to the ocean and the light there is so pastel and gentle. Reminds me of melons and mangoes. This was a view from the hill behind our place in the early morning.

6" X 8"

Oil on hard board

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