| The Pirates' Cove © Marian Fortunati 8"x10" Oil on Linen Panel |
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I paint fairly often at Leo Carrillo Beach
State Park. It is a beautiful beach on the north end of the Malibu
coastline in Southern California.
The weather changes. The seas are sometimes stormy and sometimes calm and the rock formations are varied so that wherever you decide to paint, there is a different scene to create.
One time after I had been painting at Leo Carrillo, my father called me up to tell me that Hewell Houser was doing a program about Leo Carrillo Beach State Park. Apparently Carrillo was the set of many old movies... (Many giant mutated crabs attacked the world over those coastal rocks!) I also learned by watching Hewell Houser's program that below where I had generally been painting, there are a series of caves that are referred to as the pirate caves. So on this day, I went in search of them.... And found the caves and the cove beyond.
The weather changes. The seas are sometimes stormy and sometimes calm and the rock formations are varied so that wherever you decide to paint, there is a different scene to create.
One time after I had been painting at Leo Carrillo, my father called me up to tell me that Hewell Houser was doing a program about Leo Carrillo Beach State Park. Apparently Carrillo was the set of many old movies... (Many giant mutated crabs attacked the world over those coastal rocks!) I also learned by watching Hewell Houser's program that below where I had generally been painting, there are a series of caves that are referred to as the pirate caves. So on this day, I went in search of them.... And found the caves and the cove beyond.
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| George, Maria, Annette and Diane getting ready for lunch. |
The Malibu / Ventura Chapter of the
California Art Club held its monthly paint out at Leo Carrillo on
Wednesday. I was eager to go so I could enjoy winter along
California's beautiful coastline. Although the forecasters and
predicted cold weather and clouds, it was moderate and clear. --
Actually it was quite beautiful. There weren't a lot of painters at
the event this time... they probably thought it would be too cold but we
all enjoyed ourselves anyway.
I decided to find the pirate caves. I
climbed over large mounds of built up seaweed and lots of rocks and
found the caves. Then I went through a big one and emerged on the
other side to find a beautiful little cove where the wet sand was
reflecting the cliffs beyond. My heart did that little pitter patter
thing that happens when a painter finds "the spot". I knew I had to
paint it.
While I was busy painting, I left my salad
which was in a bag in a plastic container next to a thick jacket on a
rock (before the seaweed piles and rocks and the cave. It's the
seagulls that were the pirates!! They pecked through the plastic
container and stole all of the chicken out of my salad. -- No
worries... I had lots of cabbage and lettuce to eat with my friends
when we all broke for lunch.
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