Beach Paintings

Mussel Shell

Justin Clayton — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:11:10 +0000

"California Mussel Shell" 5x7 inches, oil on linen

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Rocks, Ocean and Dusk

Justin Clayton — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:02:40 +0000

Painted a few sketches recently. These ones are also on the coast at Newport Beach California.

"Evening Tide" 6x8 inches, oil on linen.

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"Pacific Dusk" 5x8 inches, oil on linen

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Arch Rock – Little Corona Del Mar Beach

Justin Clayton — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:03:53 +0000

It was a beautiful day at Little Corona Del Mar Beach in Newport yesterday (I’m back in Southern California for a few weeks). It reminded me why I love painting the coast. There’s nothing like perfect weather, the beach and some paint brushes in hand.

12×9 inches, oil on linen panel.

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Photos – A few more

Justin Clayton — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:32:13 +0000

California Coast North of Elk, CA

Thanks to everyone who commented and followed along with me on the California coast trip. I hadn’t done that before even though I grew up in California. It was fun and challenging. Honestly though, next time I’m thinking I’ll have to choose an area and just stay there to paint. I found myself choosing between several really great spots to paint because I was limited on time. Twenty days just isn’t enough time for all of the beautiful spots on the CA coast.

Half Moon Bay, CA

Carmel, CA

Carmel River Beach, CA

A few of my favorites to paint were Carmel, Elk and the Big Sur coastline. The number of great places to paint in Big Sur was almost overwhelming. Julia Pfeiffer beach seemed like such a beautiful place to paint but by the time we arrived there was only another 30 minutes of daylight.

Julia Pfeiffer Beach, CA

Pfeiffer Beach, CA

Bixby Bridge Big Sur Coastline (my wife peeking over the edge)

I hope you enjoyed following along with me. I’ve been thinking I’d love to do a trip like this on the East coast. We’ll see…

Now back to painting…

Sunset Beach, CA (near Monterey)

Coronado Beach (San Diego, CA)

Justin Clayton — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:07:20 +0000

Coronado Beach oil on linen panel 8×6 in.

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San Diego Bay (San Diego, CA)

Justin Clayton — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:24:40 +0000

San Diego Bay oil on linen panel 8×6 in.

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Crescent Bay Beach (Laguna Beach, CA)

Justin Clayton — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:32:52 +0000

Crescent Bay Beach oil on linen panel 8×6 in.

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Just beyond the hill from this scene are the main Northern Laguna beaches. If you’re familiar with the area you probably know that the main beach is not as quiet as the surrounding ones. Crescent Bay Point Park was calmer in comparison and ended up being the better spot for me to paint today.

Getting close to the end of the trip. I’m realizing that I could take this trip twenty more times and never paint the same thing twice. There are so many beautiful spots along the California coast that I didn’t have the time to see let alone paint.

Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, CA)

Justin Clayton — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:59:27 +0000

Santa Monica Pier oil on linen panel 8×5 in.

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Detour – William Wray

Justin Clayton — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:41:50 +0000

I took a slight detour over the weekend. I popped on over to Monrovia, CA to attend an artist friend’s show, William Wray. I discovered his work about 2 years ago on his blog and I really enjoyed seeing all his work on display together. It was good to chat with him and see his paintings which depict mostly run down rural areas of Southern California; finding the beauty in things that often are considered un-beautiful or in his words “Dirty Beauty”. Great show Bill!

You can see more of his work on his blog.

Segil Fine Art left: William Wray right: me

Santa Barbara Palms (Santa Barbara, CA)

Justin Clayton — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:47:52 +0000

Santa Barbara Palms oil on linen panel 8×6 in.

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Saturday morning was a rainy day in Santa Barbara… I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get out and paint. By noon the rain went away and left a very blue sky with some straggling clouds. My intention was to set up on the beach facing the ocean but as I was standing there I turned around and saw this scene. The lines of the palm tree tops were echoed in the mountains, the clouds and the ground plane where the ice plant met the sand. I just couldn’t resist painting it. I am a sucker for this kind of composition, where the horizontal lines are the emphasis.