“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 [...]
“Reflections, Gallery Saratoga “
by Murray Wagnon
7″ x 24″
Oil
This painting is on Masonite, with Mat board glued on in relief
“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.
“Blue Heron Drive”
by Murray Wagnon
169″ x 20″
Oil
This country dirt road is the way to my Sister’s house in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
“Thumb Rock on Little Sandy Creek”
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
This unusual rock is in my Sister’s back yard in Auberry, California
SOLD
“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
SOLD
“Monterey Bay, from Jack’s Peak”
by Murray Wagnon
8″ x 10″
Oil
This is the companion piece to “Through the Trees at Jack’s Peak”. I painted the simultaneously, mounted side-by-side on a piece of Masonite, during a light rain.