“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, [...]
“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.
“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.
“The Rocks at Point Pinos”
by Murray Wagnon
8″ x 10″
Oil
This is the view towards Moss Landing, as seen from the rocks near the Point Pinos Lighthouse
“The Lagoon at Carmel River Beach”
by Murray Wagnon
12″ x 9″
Oil
This plein air painting was done a week after the MBPAPA ‘paint-out’ at this location.
“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 [...]
“the Dunes at Sand City”
by Murray Wagnon
16″ x 12″
Oil
This is the view looking toward Moss Landing from the dunes north of Monterey
The house, perched on the small point of land, defying the forces of nature, to be the sole remaining house on the ocean side of the street.