Van Stein: Venice Beach Quietude Sept. 18, 2011

Van Stein: Venice Beach Quietude Sept. 18, 2011

Venice Beach Quietude Sept. 18, 2011

It's an interesting community;Venice. Odd, mixes well with the normal especially in the areas around the canals. This place is filled with painting potential.

This scene looked like a painting done by Monet or Renoir! (I'm sure both artists used Photographs as reference).

The Venice canal zone is a peaceful place, surrounded by urban calamity; kind of like the Shire in Lord of the Rings, neighboring the hoards of Mordor .

Being near water calms the mind, but never mind.

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South Park Fat Ass (Eric) Venice CA September 17, 2011

Venice is like the twilight zone; walking in the areas around the canals I found I was being watched.  Then I spied this animated doll eyeballing me as I passed on by.

I kept to myself, and didn't make eye contact with him as I didn't want to provoke a confrontation. Who knows what would  have happened.

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Odyssey to Venice Sept. 16, 2011

Coming Events Cast Their Shadows

Malibu Beach Pier, Don't Go in the Water September 15, 2011

Thresher Shark, Malibu Pier

New, "No Fishing Sign"on the pier

Odyssey to Venice Sept. 14, 2011

Wall paper...Malibu Inn

John Fante's Hangout, Malibu Inn

 

Santa Barbara Mission Demo Sept. 12, 2011

Every Painting is a Work in Progress. Nature isn't always cooperative, and some times it is  in need of an adjustment or two. That's where I come in; to tweak a branch, enhance, eliminate, delineate a subject.  It's all to fit my aesthetic...(what ever that may be).


Mission Roses (Painted for the 225th Anniversary of the Santa Barbara Mission
14x18 oil/canvas 2011
Artist's Collection

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