Seascape Beach Resort Wedding Bluff #5

Hello my blogging friends! I've been back from Australia for about a month now and getting back into my routine, though it is summertime and I'm still going with the flow around here. I have many more great photos to show you of my trip, but they will come along later. I've been painting little paintings in between attending a wedding, a memorial service, framing for the gallery, family gatherings, cooking for groups of teenagers and hungry 20 somethings, watching fireworks at the beach, two road trips to L.A. with my actress daughter Katherine, tending to 2 sick dogs one week after another.... you get the idea.
Thought I'd show you one painting from that continuing series I have. How many ways can you paint one place? Well, this is #6 (#5 flopped) and I'm working on what may be my personal favorite, #7 (show you that soon.) Since it is a place for weddings I decided to throw roses on the path. Then I put the tree shadows all along it and the grass. I think the effect is interesting. It's like one of those seeing double paintings where it can look like shadows and petals on the sidewalk or a crumpled up red and white sheet. Oh the fun of painting.

Phillip Island-- Day 6

Look at the tails on these seagulls, black with polka dots. Their calls are shriek and long, quite different from those back home.



One of the locals told us a recent storm washed up tree branches onto shore.
Can you see the seahorse in this log?
The colors of the sky and the ocean had a opalescent hue.



Into the Harry Potter forest, oh my!

Walking to the beach close by.
Look at this little visitor Michael found in the beach house we stayed in. It's harmless and beautiful, but I didn't get too close to it. It's called a Huntsman spider- B and I were commenting on how much it blends in with the colors of the trees there.
What a wonderful, activity filled weekend we had on Phillip Island. In this first picture from the drive along the way, I was amazed again at just how much some areas look like the east foothills I grew up in- in San Jose, California.

Seascape Beach Resort Wedding Bluff #2

I painted with my friends yesterday!! It's so much fun to paint with buddies who love the same things. This painting is the second in what will be a series of paintings of this location. The original and prints will find new homes soon, I hope.

From A to Z: Pirate Ship Battle

A commission from my daughter. The sky was challenging but I'm pleased with the results that happened from an unconventional method!

From A to Z: Mountains to the Sea