“Ocean View at 9th Street, Pacific Grove”
by Murray Wagnon
24″ x 12″
Oil
Pacific Grove has a Coastal pathway that runs along the coast from the harbor in Monterey, to the beach at Asilomar. There is not an inch along this path that doesn’t offer a spectacular view, and an immense variety of coastal wildlife.
From time to time, [...]
“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.
“Coastal Forest, Morning Fog”
by Murray Wagnon
80” x 30″
Oil
I painted this from a color sketch I did one morning on my way to the gallery in Pacific Grove. The trees were just beginning to break through the morning fog hanging on the slopes above the 17 Mile Drive.
“Rocks and Waves at Asilomar”
by Murray Wagnon
20″ x 6″
Oil
A study of the dynamics of the waves breaking on the rocks along the coast at Pacific Grove.
“Surf, Pacific Grove”
by Murray Wagnon
14″ x 11″
Oil
This is the second painting of the surf on that morning. My feet were wet by the time I finished this one.
“Surf, Pacific Grove”
by Murray Wagnon
12″ x 9″
Oil
My friend Robert and I were painting in Pacific Grove on a winter morning. He chose the trees, I chose the Surf. He didn’t get chased away by the rising tide and growing swells. I got two paintings done, but my feet were getting wet by the time I [...]
“Las Ventannas Viejas, Asilomar”
by Murray Wagnon
20″ x 16″
Oil
Another painting of the old Villa on Asilomar Drive in Asilomar.
“The old King Adobe, Asilomar”
by Murray Wagnon
16″ x 20″
Oil
This plein air painting is of the back view of an old estate in the dunes in Asilomar. I do enjoy painting this old place.
“Spanish Bay, from Asilomar”
by Murray Wagnon
20″ x 16″
Oil on Board
My friend Robert Lewis and I ventured out to Asilomar for a little ‘plein aire exercise’. This is my effort for that day. It is a view towards Spanish Bay and the 17 mile drive from the sand dunes at Asilomar near the Lighthouse.
