Meeting of the Waters
24" X 18"
Acrylic on Canvas
Happily,
I managed to get some time in the studio over the past two weekends. As I
giddily looked through photographs for inspiration, I decided it was time to
move away from the desert for a spell. I needed to paint with blues and greens
for a change. My urge to paint raged strong: I mentally drew the shapes of
things I saw and mixed colors in my dreams.
That
first afternoon, I found myself without any canvases, so I rummaged through the
studio and found a reject painting that could be re-purposed. I always wonder
if someone somewhere someday will x-ray one of my paintings and think,
"Wow, what crap, no wonder she painted over it." In Art History, I
remember a case where Michelangelo or DaVinci had painted over something and
the ghost image uncovered by x-ray showed a beautiful, yet unfinished drawing.
I guess when you are a Master, even your rejects are good.
This
image is my favorite of those taken on a trip we took last fall. We were on
Highway 1, winding our way home from Monterey, taking the scenic route. At one point,
the road semi-circled around a mini-estuary, where a fresh water creek ran into
the ocean. I was enthralled by the rainbow of colors, so we stopped for a quick
photograph.
We
didn’t stop for long. We had miles to go and the day was running away from us. It
was somewhere south of Cambria and north of our turn-off at
Nacimiento-Fergusson Road (say that
three times), a narrow strip of dirt that rocketed up the steep grade,
presenting tremendous views of the ocean before it bumped over the ridge,
winding down into a deep canyon that eventually melted into rolling hills
studded with oaks. This obscure route, connecting 1 to 101, ended up taking us
hours longer than expected. Nonetheless, it was a delightful adventure and one
of the best parts of the trip.
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