CENTER PLACE Alley

Downtown Alley#1- 3pm light

Center Place alleyway in Manhattan Beach is a favorite of mine to paint.  - It is rather ugly because it has the back of shops and restaurants on one side and an old 1960's parking structure on the other ----But at the end it has a small gleaming jewel of a glimpse of the Pacific Ocean as you look west. In the afternoon- particularly if it is sunny the California light will bounce off the buildings and create fantastic shadows and dark graphic shapes. I think the painting above is the most successful.

Overcast Dull Day 

#3

I have recently collated my watercolors on Flickr - no words/poetry or thoughts - just watercolors if you are interested!   http://www.flickr.com/photos/luisamillicentart/

TREE PATTERNS

Morning Light

Trees Against the Sky

Trees, trees against the sky -

O I have loved them well!
There are pleasures you cannot buy,
Treasurers you cannot sell,
 And not the smallest of these
Is the gift and glory of trees....
So I gaze and I know now why
It is good to live - and to die....
Trees and the Infinite Sky.

By
Robert William Service

Through The Trees

Tree Patterns

SKETCHING AROUND TOWN

Pastel Street

A few sketches exploring the winter light around town.  Shadows and winter light play against the buildings....

6pm Light - Downtown Walkstreet

5pm light -  By the Beach

6pm Light