“The Carmel River Mouth”
by Murray Wagnon
20″ x 16″
Oil
This should be titled “Mis-management”.
I painted this at a Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association paint-out and Workshop with Jeff Smith. As he was painting the Lagoon, I did this painting from the top of a 15 foot dune. (I painted the Lagoon a couple of days later). [...]
“Corral de Tierra”
by Murray Wagnon
16″ x 16″
Oil
The Corral de Tierra, literally the fence of earth, is a sandstone outcropping in a canyon between Salinas and Monterey, along Highway 68.
When John Steinbeck was young, he and his sister rode their horses to this spot, where he later set part of his story “the Pastures of Heaven”.
The [...]
“Old Fruit Trees, San Juan Bautista”
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
I painted this view through the trees toward the Mission one morning with the group from the Los Gatos Art Association.
It was late in the Fall, and there were just a few clusters of leaves still left on the trees.
“La Cabana Atras de la Mission”
by Murray Wagnon
14″ x 12″
Oil
The rain began to fall rather heavily as I was trying to finish this painting, so I took shelter and painted “El Portal” while waiting for the rain to abate.
“El Portal”
by Murray Wagnon
14″ x 12″
Oil
I was painting the Cabana in the Quadrangle behind the Carmel Mission, when it began to rain. I took shelter in the arcade, and did this painting.
“Odd Fellows, Big Oak Flat”
by Murray Wagnon
10″ x 8″
Oil
Typical of most Gold Rush era mining camps, Big Oak Flat closes tightly around route 120 as it winds it’s way up to the Yosemite Valley. As you enter Big Oak Flat, The left shoulder of the Highway is crowded by some typical ‘mining camp’ buildings, made [...]
“The Mission Bell”
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
The entrance to the Mission at San Juan Bautista
“El Camino Real, San Juan Bautista”
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
This view is from the old Spanish El Camino Real, which runs along the San Andreas Fault Escarpment next to the Mission.
This painting was in the Galeria Tonantzin show leading up to the “MBPAPA Paints San Juan Bautista” plein air event in 2011.
“Old Pepper Tree, San Juan Bautista”
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
These ancient Pepper Trees were beginning to disapear from the streets of San Juan, so I thought I had better capture this one sooner than later.
“Heaven’s Gate, San Juan Bautista”
by Murray Wagnon
36″ x 27″
Oil
This is a studio enlargement from a 9×12 plein air painting. It was done for the “small to LARGE” show at the Pacific Grove Art Center