“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.
“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.
“The Southern Pacific Line”
by Murray Wagnon
15″ x 15″
Oil
This old grain loader is along the Southern Pacific Tracks between Gilroy and San Juan Bautista.
“Barn on the Wattsonville Road””
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
This great old barn is on the road from San Juan to Watsonville. The day after I painted it one of the Pepper Trees was chopped down.
I’ve learned that , with old barns, if you want to do a painting of one, you better do it [...]
“The Livery Stables””
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
This is the alley behind the Livery Stables in San Juan, as seen from the park across the street with rose bushes espalierd on the picket fence
“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
“Winter Blossoms, San Juan Bautista”
by Murray Wagnon
27″ x 36″
Oil
This is an studio enlargement done from a 9×12 Plein air painting I had done in January
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