Larry Groff

oil painting

larry groff

Yellow House

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yellow house and auto body shop off Cesar Chavez Parkway

Yellow House and Autobody shop 10″ x 14″ oil on panel 1/20/2009

Done over a couple of sitting on site. Not sure if I consider this one finished. The painting looks much better in real life than this photo. I’m not sure I want to leave the clouds, might repaint it without the clouds. I love this part of San Diego, the people who lived in this house and worked at the Auto Body shop were very excited I was painting their place. I may return and do another painting, larger and tighter cropping of the scene to focus more on just the yellow house.

Morning Marine Layer over Lake Murray

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fog over Lake Murray

Foggy Morning at Lake Murray 8″ x 10″ oil on panel 1/19/2009

Quick study of the fog. There hasn’t been as many foggy mornings this winter yet, I would love to do more paintings of the marine layer – I love the way it dissolves form and turns the ordinary into the spectacular, much the same way a big snow storm might do out east. The photo of this painting needs to be redone, there is glare and the colors seem off. I will retake it in the next few days.

View of Lake Murray

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Lake Murray with evening light

Lake Murray Evening at the Water Works 8″ x 10″ oil on panel 1/17/2009

A one sitting painting done from life at nearby Lake Murray

Mission Trails Rock Configuration

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Mission Trails Rocks

Rock formation at Mission Trails 8″ x 10″ oil on panel 11/25/2008

This is one confused painting, started out being a sunny afternoon and then it turned completely cloudy. I didn’t want to stop so I changed everything and made quite the mess. However, I find it still has it interest.
I hope to get back and do another painting of it that will give it more justice.