{"id":630,"date":"2011-05-03T22:36:55","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T04:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=630"},"modified":"2018-12-16T15:43:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T21:43:37","slug":"elkhorn-carmel-galerie-julianne-big-sur-and-elkhorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/elkhorn-carmel-galerie-julianne-big-sur-and-elkhorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Elkhorn, Carmel, Galerie Julianne, Big Sur, and Elkhorn"},"content":{"rendered":"

I traditionally make a visit to the Monterey, Carmel, and Big Sur area about a week before the Carmel Art Festival<\/a>, to get fresh ideas for the competition. The Carmel Art Festival<\/a> is like many plein air events in that the artist has a few days to complete a number of paintings, and then the works are shown and auctioned. I generally like to have an idea of what I may paint. Although very familiar with about every nook and cranny from Santa Cruz to Big Sur, am always looking for fresh ideas.<\/p>\n

Took off today, and I mainly wanted to explore the Elkhorn Slough<\/a> area (which I have painted a number of times before), and then move down the coast to the Big Sur area. I went via the “back way” to Elkhorn, and ended up doing a small painting of one of the tributary areas. I had great company, a flock of Great Egrets<\/a> were close by. What a magnificent bird!!<\/p>\n

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Below is the spot I painted…<\/p>\n

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And the small painting, a 6×8 in about an hour…<\/p>\n

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I then drove down to Carmel and visited the new gallery showing my work, Gallerie Julianne. I had dropped some works off several months ago when they were just getting going, and now, they are in full swing. Dave, the owner, manages a beautiful space, one of the best in Carmel, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

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Driving down the coast, I had planned to do another painting, but the winds were at hurricane force, so just drove, hiked, and explored…<\/p>\n

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The late afternoon sun urged me back to Elkhorn<\/a> to see how the light looked, and the Great Egrets<\/a> were in the same lagoon to welcome me back.<\/p>\n

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Time to go home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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