Pregnant Women at Rodeo Beach, Marin Headlands

I was painting this 16 x 20" acrylic in a big hurry because I was with my dog and there was no shade. I did the rocks, sky and water in an hour. I left the sand undone and ran to the car to get my dog in the shade and turned on the air conditioning. As I sat there, the women who had been at the beach crossed the parking lot and I snapped a few cell phone pictures of them and of two men. I went home and "fixed" an otherwise boring composition with these figures. I had to imagine the colors and many details as my camera is only 2 megapixels and the figures were tiny. I was thinking of Joaquin Sorolla, whom I greatly admire. My only frustration is that this picture does not show the colors as they look in the painting. Rebeca

3 comments:

  1. The process in this painting has given it an intriguing feel. I was in an Apple store and wanted to see what our site looked like on the Ipad. At first I thought someone had taken a picture of Rodeo beach. But when you enlarge the painting you can see the beautiful handling of the figures. I think you should experiment with more.

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  2. I really love the use of light in the figures and the water. Brava!

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  3. Wow I love this too and especially the clever coloring and handling of shadow of the far rocks to create lots of depth and emphasize the strength of the light.

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