{"id":280,"date":"2008-03-04T23:36:56","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T05:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=280"},"modified":"2018-12-16T20:52:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T02:52:54","slug":"carmel-and-big-sur-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/carmel-and-big-sur-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmel and Big Sur"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had recently been doing a series of small paintings of Yosemite<\/a>. My gallery in Carmel<\/a> wanted a few, so I decided to do the 90 minute drive down and then go on to Big Sur to do a little painting. My painting buddy, Nick White<\/a> came along. The forecast was for a little morning fog followed by sun, so we were expecting a nice day.<\/p>\n

We arrived in Carmel about 10:30, and the sun was out in abundance. After dropping the paintings off at the Sandy-by-the-Sea Gallery<\/a>, Nick and I grabbed a bite to eat at the Rio Grille<\/a>, then headed down to Garrapata State Park<\/a> to paint.<\/p>\n

I wanted to paint close to the car so I could carry my chair and save my bad back. We settled on a place I had painted several years before in the morning sun. I just checked the link to Garrapata State Park<\/a> and the photo in the heading looks like the exact same spot! It was a wonderful sunny day, however very breezy! I had to fight the wind the entire time blowing my equipment and supplies around. We spent about one and a half to two hours, I did one painting, and Nick did two. Mine was definitely a keeper.<\/p>\n

Below is the scene I painted–<\/p>\n

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Nick painting up the hill a bit–<\/p>\n

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My painting. I did not finish the bottom part as I just held the panel in my hand so I could just relax in my chair without bending over and aggravating my back–<\/p>\n

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We moved on to the next turnout, and spent a little less than an hour. I almost finished a 6×8, again leaving the bottom to finish later–<\/p>\n

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Here is Nick painting on the bluff–<\/p>\n

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After driving down the coast awhile, it was time to head back. Below is a shot of the coast with Bixby Bridge. I am sure you will agree it was a wonderful day!!<\/p>\n

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