20" X 24", oil/stretched canvas. Sold, private collection.
This painting is the centerpiece of the Cabrillo Series. This is how it looks there mosts days, overcast with a cool breeze off the ocean. Included are most of the elements which
not only identify this place, they define it.
The Old Lighthouse still stands watch over the Point. The radar towers are active and maintained by the US Navy, who is responsible for establishing and helping maintain the Point Loma Ecological Preserve. Coastal scrub and Shaw’s Agave, endangered native plants, flourish here. The viewing stations overlooking the ocean at right offer information and an ideal vantage point to those who watch migrating Pacific Grey Whales passing nearby between December and March. The beautiful crumbling sandstone bluffs remind us that all of this is ephemeral. We can feel the importance of protecting and supporting this place here and now, as it continues to protect and enrich our lives.
The Old Lighthouse still stands watch over the Point. The radar towers are active and maintained by the US Navy, who is responsible for establishing and helping maintain the Point Loma Ecological Preserve. Coastal scrub and Shaw’s Agave, endangered native plants, flourish here. The viewing stations overlooking the ocean at right offer information and an ideal vantage point to those who watch migrating Pacific Grey Whales passing nearby between December and March. The beautiful crumbling sandstone bluffs remind us that all of this is ephemeral. We can feel the importance of protecting and supporting this place here and now, as it continues to protect and enrich our lives.
