Summit Road
Summit Road runs at the crest and most of the length of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is marked as California Hwy 35. Offering views of the Pacific Ocean on one side and the entire San Francisco Bay area on the other side, it is one of my favorite Harley rides, and Alice’s Restaurant is a world famous motorcycle hangout. Los Gatos Plein Air group was painting today along Summit Road, so I decided to join them. I will be in the Los Gatos Art Festival this week, so wanted to paint locally, and then drive around the area to pick out some places to paint this Thursday and Friday.
A group of 8-10 were there when I arrived–
That’s David, Maria, Patty (property owner), Rebecca, and a few others. I brought only 6×8 panels, so decided to paint the redwoods on the private property we were on. Below is a scene with my easel–
And a quick snapshot of the final painting–
It turned out rather well. I will probably return to this spot when I paint for the competition later this week.