oil painting
Mt Woodson Boulder Grouping # 16 Oil on Panel 8″ x 10″ 2/25/09
Another afternoon view of a single large boulder. It is remarkable to me how the color off these boulders change so dramatically throughout the day. I am thinking I’ll explore this effect with a series of paintings of just one view of a boulder(s) throughout the course of day – starting with sunrise and ending at sunset, perhaps in 1 hour increments. Tough getting up there for sunrise but I bet it would be worth it.
Mt Woodson Boulder Grouping # 15 Oil on Panel 8″ x 10″ 2/24/09
A view from the summit – east side looking south. A serene spot with many fantastic boulder groups, a good distance from the many hikers, joggers and bouldering climbers. While usually everybody I meet up there are very respectful and nice people – it still never fails to break my concentration. I hate the feeling there is someone watching me from behind, it inhibits me in I feel like I’m performing.
However, one problem with this area is that to get to it I have to bushwhack along a deer path where it’s hard to see my feet sometimes. This will be a problem in a month or so when the warm weather wakes up the rattlesnakes. These boulders seem to make a perfect rattlesnake city and I’ll be the first to admit to a real paranoia about rattlesnakes. So as it gets hotter I will probably start sticking to the road in the hope to avoid stepping on one.
View of San Diego from Mt Woodson (# 11 of series) Oil on Panel 8″ x 10″ 2/19/09
A late afternoon view from about half way up Mt Woodson looking out to the reflected glare on the ocean silhouetting the San Diego skyline.
Mt. Woodson Boulder Group #14 8″ x 10″ oil on panel 2/18/09
As I was leaving the mountain yesterday late afternoon, I walked past this view and decided to make a quick study of the light – I hope to return to the scene and give it the time it needs in a new perhaps larger painting. Also, I need to retake the photo of this painting, too much glare and the color is not quite right.
Mt. Woodson Boulder Group #13 8″ x 10″ oil on panel 2/18/09
Needed more time with this one, I might tweak it a bit in the studio from memory.
Mt. Woodson Boulder Group #12 8″ x 10″ oil on panel 2/17/09
This was the most amazing boulder, almost the size of a small house. I plan to do more with this single boulder, can concentrate on ways to make the form and show its monumentality. May need to make the paintings a bit larger and work over more than one sitting.