“Rain in Castroville””
by Murray Wagnon
18” x 14″
Oil
A view of the main street of Castroville in the rain. I was on my way to Moss Landing, driving through Castroville, “The Artichoke Capitol of the World”.
This painting was awarded an Honorable Mention at the “Impressions of the Central Coast” Comerica/Natividad Foundation show in Salinas, Ca.
“With an unusual [...]
“Spanish Bay”
by Murray Wagnon
18” x 10″
Oil
I had about an hour and a half before the MBPAPA board meeting. so I pulled over by the tide pools at Asilomar, and did this painting looking over towards Spanish Bay.
“Bottom’s Up””
by Murray Wagnon
18” x 14″
Oil
This scene is reminiscent of my childhood living in San Luis Obispo. I was visiting my cousin and her husband at their house on Chorro Street during the San Luis Obispo Plein Air Event.
I lived in San Luis Obispo as a child, and again as a student at Cal Poly.
“A Cottage in Medan”
by Murray Wagnon
12” x 10″
Oil
This cottage is across the street from the Chateau in Medan, near the former home of Emile Zola.
“Fisherman’s Wharf Cove””
by Murray Wagnon
30” x 12″
Oil
This painting of the cove behind Fisherman’s Wharf was done as part of the “Art of the Adobes” event held at the Custom House Plaza, and on the main pier.
“Lover’s Point”
by Murray Wagnon
30” x 12″
Oil
I met up with some friends from MBPAPA at Lover’s Point in Pacific Grove. We had the typical Summer atmospherics of morning coastal fog. This view is from the rocks looking toward the Hopkins Research Facility at China Point.
“Monastery Beach in Fog”
by Murray Wagnon
9” x 12″
Oil
Another painting done on a “beautiful sunny day” in Carmel with my friend Sibyl Johnson.
“Monastery Beach in Fog”
by Murray Wagnon
12” x 9″
My friend Sibyl Johnson said it was a beautiful morning in Carmel, so I joined her to paint at Monastery Beach. It was a beautiful sunny day in Carmel, but there was an unrelenting pocket of fog a mile south at Monastery Beach. The sun kept teasing us [...]
“Mormon Station, Genoa Nevada””
by Murray Wagnon
12” x 9″
Oil
While I was staying at my brother’s house in Glenbrook, they dropped me off in Genoa while they went for a bike ride.
I spent two more days painting in this old mining town, the oldest settlement in the Utah Territory.
“Jack’s Peak IV”
by Murray Wagnon
24” x 30″
Oil
I did this painting as a demonstration for the Saratoga Contemporary Artists group. It was done from a plein air painting I had done along the slopes of Jack’s Peak on a rainy day.
The demonstration was titled, “How to keep the Spontaneity of a plein air painting alive [...]