"Coronado Island Expedition" and "Overlooking the Cliffs"

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."

- Henry Ward Beecher

Daily Painting #11

"Coronado Island Expedition"

8" x 10" Acrylic on board

Original painting, $100.00

Daily Painting #12

"Overlooking the Cliffs"

8" x 10" Acrylic on board

Original painting, $100.00

I'm one of those people who gets 'carried away' with things.  I commit myself to whatever I'm working on with my entire being.  I can be preoccupied with something to such an extent that I'll even dream about it.  

That is how I've become since I started painting seascapes.  There is something very familiar in these scenes.  I like to think I was a painter in another life and it's all coming back to me just now.  Maybe I'm remembering my own childhood spent on the beaches of Florida.  Whatever it is, it's comfortable and it makes me happy, and 'happy' is why I paint.

My recent paintings are the first time I've painted from my own photographs.  I still have one more to do; a young mother holding a toddler in her arms as both gaze out to sea.  I can't wait to get started.  

Will I paint more?  Undoubtedly.  The Siren's call is strong and I will once again be drawn to the sea. 

To purchase either the original painting or a reproduction, visit my gallery:

karyn-robinson.artistwebsites.com

"La Jolla Flowers"

"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."

- Vincent van Gogh

Daily painting #10

"La Jolla Flowers"

Acrylic on board

9" x 12"

125.00

I recently spent some time in La Jolla, California and I saw these two elderly women sharing a bench overlooking the beautiful, blue Pacific ocean.  There is an assisted living facility nearby and although I do not know for certain, I like to imagine these two are residents and the trip to the beach is a daily occurrence.

Still 'California girls' at heart, they don their sun hats and hit the beach.  Once comfortably seated they begin to share their stories; stories about their children, their dear, departed husbands, the parties they once threw and the boys they once dated.

Those lucky enough to call La Jolla home may recognize the two as a fixture on that bench.  Each day they dress in cheerful colors, like the flowers that line the cliffs overlooking the beach below.

Any woman fortunate enough to have a dear friend probably sees something familiar in this painting.

The two are lucky to still have each other, and they know it.

Purchase the original painting or a reproduction visit:

Purchase a reproduction here:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/la-jolla-flowers-karyn-robinson.html