PASTURES AND VINEYARDS
The farms, pastures, orchards and vineyards of California's central coast are productive lands full of natural beauty.

Finding Shade, 11x14
Painted near Gizditch Ranch. It was lightly misting when I began the painting, but the day became wetter and eventually, with water in my easel and running down the painting, I had to stop. I went out again a few days and finished.

Pleasant Valley, 11x14
Painted near the Thomas Farm in Pleasant Valley, Corralitos, CA Late afternoon shadows and bright light on the vines made for interesting patterns and contrast.
In the springtime, the hills of California shift quickly from the new greens sprouted by winter rains to the golden browns and later reds that cover the hills throughout the hot, dry summer and fall. Powerful Live Oaks are scattered across the vast fields, and in springtime wild lupine and poppies add color to the slopes. All these natural changes and colors are background for and reflected on the bountiful lands where our foods are grown.