“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.
“Monastery Beach in Fog”
by Murray Wagnon
12” x 9″
My friend Sibyl Johnson said it was a beautiful morning in Carmel, so I joined her to paint at Monastery Beach. It was a beautiful sunny day in Carmel, but there was an unrelenting pocket of fog a mile south at Monastery Beach. The sun kept teasing us [...]
“Jack’s Peak IV”
by Murray Wagnon
24” x 30″
Oil
I did this painting as a demonstration for the Saratoga Contemporary Artists group. It was done from a plein air painting I had done along the slopes of Jack’s Peak on a rainy day.
The demonstration was titled, “How to keep the Spontaneity of a plein air painting alive [...]
“Jack’s Peak III”
by Murray Wagnon
24” x 18″
Oil
This is an enlargement of a plein air painting I had done on a rainy day along the slopes of Jack’s Peak, in Monterey.
“Cypress at Lover’s Point”
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
This was the second painting I did one morning while painting with some friends at Lover’s Point in Pacific Grove. The other painting, “Springtime, Pacific Grove” depicted the Magenta blossoms of the Ice plant along Ocean View Drive.
“Reception at Rappa’s, Fisherman’s Wharf”
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
“Springtime, Pacific Grove”
by Murray Wagnon
16″ x 12″
Oil
This is the coast in Pacific Grove between Lover’s Point, and Esplinade Park, with the ice-plant in bloom.
“Garapata Coast”
by Murray Wagnon
18″ x 24″
Oil
This is the view, looking north towards Carmel Highlands from a point near the Bixby Creek Bridge north of Big Sur
“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