{"id":7683,"date":"2024-04-07T14:17:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=7683"},"modified":"2024-04-07T14:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:17:45","slug":"painting-old-monterey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/painting-old-monterey-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting Old Monterey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Participating in the second <a href=\"https:\/\/oldmontereyfoundation.org\/2024\/04\/03\/2nd-annual-monterey-museum-of-art-block-party-to-feature-omf-plein-air-display-and-competition\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/oldmontereyfoundation.org\/2024\/04\/03\/2nd-annual-monterey-museum-of-art-block-party-to-feature-omf-plein-air-display-and-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monterey Art Museum Block Party<\/a>, 25 artists of the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters came out for a good time.  I randomly was chosen for the same location as last year.  This year, I painted a short pathway between two of the buildings in Plaza Del Oro Gardens.  Below are some photos of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" data-attachment-id=\"7684\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/painting-old-monterey-2\/oldmonterey01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/oldmonterey01.jpg?fit=864%2C645\" data-orig-size=\"864,645\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 13 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I think it&#8217;s a keeper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"639\" data-attachment-id=\"7692\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/painting-old-monterey-2\/neffhiddenpathw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/neffhiddenpathw.jpg?fit=864%2C639\" data-orig-size=\"864,639\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"neffhiddenpathw\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/neffhiddenpathw.jpg?fit=300%2C222\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/neffhiddenpathw.jpg?fit=864%2C639\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/neffhiddenpathw.jpg?resize=864%2C639\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/neffhiddenpathw.jpg?w=864 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/neffhiddenpathw.jpg?resize=300%2C222 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/neffhiddenpathw.jpg?resize=768%2C568 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hidden Path, 9&#215;12, oil on panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Monterey Art Museum&#8217;s second Block Party, 25 members of the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association gathered to paint, including the author who depicted a pathway in Plaza Del Oro Gardens. 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