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Sandyland Sunrise - 8x10

• 392 • california beach town • carpinteria daily painting • palm trees

I have some big shows coming up this summer!  I think I may have overcommitted myself a bit, hopefully I can handle it.  It just means that I'll be painting like a mad woman for the next month or so, and probably hoarding my new paintings so I don't sell out before the show. 

I'm really happy about this new painting. I have always loved this spot at sunrise, but never quite figured out...

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Beach Shadows - 5x7

• beach painting • California • carpinteria painting • daily painting for sale

The beach was full of interesting and dramatic shadows this morning.  They added some fun new shapes to regular flat sand :) 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches
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Snack Time - 6x6

• california beach • daily painting for sale • sea birds • seagull

Seagulls are hysterical. I can't decide if they're really smart (like crows!) or really dumb. On the one hand I've seen them eat plenty of stuff that isn't actually food, but I've also seen them stake out campsites, waiting patiently for the people to leave and then figuring out how to open every bag, even the ones the owners tucked "safely" away from the birds. Or how about when they repeatedly...

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Anacapa Lighthouse - 5x7

• anacapa • california landscape painting • channel islands

Zach took me on a trip to the Channel Islands for my birthday, and I was super excited when we came across this lighthouse. 

Oil on panel, 5x7  inches
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Morning Grocery Run - 6x6

• beach • california daily painting • carpinteria

Blogger is kind of a mess today, it deleted my last post and all the posts that I had saved as drafts, so I apologize to anyone that received duplicate emails.  

One of the few other people on the beach at sunrise, I don't know which beautiful beach house she lived in, but she seemed very happy walking home with her bad of groceries.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches
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