Carmel Beach - two views

"Carmel beach vista" , 6x12" - plein air pastel.

"Carmel beach memories" - 12x12 plein air pastel.

These are two more paintings I did while spending a wonderful week painting in Pacific Grove and Carmel. Above are two I did while painting at Carmel beach.

More Pacific Grove - Apil paintings

"Fenced in" 6x12 plein air pastel.

"Day gone by" 6x18 plein air pastel.

I had such a great time in April in the Pacific Grove area, painting the dunes and old trees. The first painting was done one morning driving around one of the neighborhoods, and the fence at the top of the dune, caught my eye.

The second painting was done on the grounds of Asilomar. This old tree must have fallen down quite some time ago, but it was still beautiful and quite interesting to paint. I did get confused from time to time trying to follow where the branches went.

April in Pacific Grove

"Dunes at Carmel River Beach" 7x12 plein air pastel .

"Asilomar Beach vista" 6x18 plein air pastel.

In April I spent a wonderful week painting in the Pacific Grove/Carmel area. During that time, I was busy painting every day, two or three paintings a day. That area is so beautiful, it is hard not to be out there painting. When I returned from that trip, there were loads of things that kept me away from bringing out the paintings and photographing them. So, I am finally getting around to doing that. It is interesting to see the paintings after that long of a time, so has been fun taking them out, and I will be posting them to the blog from time to time.