12" X 16", oil/canvas panel
One of my favorite plein air studies in this Cabrillo series was the Bayside Trail 6" X 8", painted on site. Studio paintings done from studies have their own unique identity. A remembered impression, rather than an observed one.
About the Bayside Trail: This former Army road now provides a wonderful 2-mile hike for visitors, with information plaques describing the vegetation, birds, and other wildlife they might see there. This vantage point is at the end of the trail, looking back toward the starting point (at upper right, near the radar tower and Old Lighthouse). Behind me was Ballast Point, where Cabrillo made landfall in 1542, which is now part of the Navy's SPAWAR division.
