“Almaden Valley, Fall”
by Murray Wagnon
16″ x 16″
Oil
I joined up with some painters from the Los Gatos Art Association one day. They had chosen this site which was only a mile or so from my house. This group of trees were in the Los Alamitos Creek, about seventy five yards from McKean Road, in the Almaden [...]
“The Silo Barn, Hollister”
by Murray Wagnon
16″ x 16″
Oil
My eye was captured by this structure as I was driving up to paint at the “Pietra Santa Winery” in the hills south of Hollister. It went to the top of my mental list of “things I have to paint”.
I went back a few weeks later, and had [...]
“Cherries”
by Murray Wagnon
20” x 16″
Oil
This fruit stand along Highway 152 in Gilroy Made a delightful, cheery scene as you head toward Pacheco Pass on the way to the Central Valley.
“Country Lane, San JUan Bautista”
by Murray Wagnon
12″ x 9″
Oil
A view of the blossoms of an old fruit tree in February, on a country lane in San Juan Bautista.
I painted 4 or 5 views of this tree in a three day time span.
“Winter Blossoms, San Juan Bautista”
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
An old fruit tree on a little country road in San Juan Bautista.
SOLD
“Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White”
by Murray Wagnon
12″ x 9″
Oil
A plein air painting of an old fruit tree I found on a little country road in San Juan Bautista.
“St. Francis Retreat”
by Murray Wagnon
24″ x 36″
Oil
This colorful Eucalyptus tree is on the grounds of the St. Francis Retreat in San Juan Bautista.
“Temple Emanuel from Lincoln Park”
by Murray Wagnon
30″ x 40″
Oil
This is the view from the legion of Honor Museum in Lincoln Park
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“The Arcade at Mission San Juan Bautista”
by Murray Wagnon
12″ x 9″
Oil
You can just imagine what it would have been like to sit here, in the shade, looking out over the fields on a hot summer day. . . Just step back a hundred years. . .
“Heaven’s Gate, San Juan Bautista”
by Murray Wagnon
12” x 9″
Oil
This is the second time I’ve painted this gate. I did this one the day after I did “the Terra Cotta Arch” painting. It is the gate to the old Mission Cemetary, and is situated on the escarpment formed by the San Andreas Fault.
I love this view [...]