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Playa

Tranquil beach scene based on several photos of Bahia Serena, just a short walk from our front door.  The composition was derived from three diferent photos and some imagination, i.e., I made up the rocks and dead tree in the foreground to give the painting  more depth.

After the Rain

I got the idea for this one while I was putting the finishing touches on the painting we have called Playa, which shows the beach on a nice day with a water bird poking for tidbits on the edge of the surf.  I thought how dramatically different from this the sea looks after a rainstorm which, around here, usually comes in the late afternoon.  So, I tried in this painting to portray the scene as it would appear about an hour or two before sunset with the storm clouds receding over the horizon.  To give the painting depth, I decided to focus on a brown pelican (very common in this area) setting out to scout up his dinner.