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| Satwiwa Skies © Marian Fortunati 14" x 11" Oil on RayMar Linen Canvas |
On a cloudy day last week a group of painters met to enjoy being outdoors together. It was the monthly paintout of the Ventura-Malibu chapter of the California Art Club. I always look forward to these paint outs. It's a chance to make new friends and chat with those I had painted with before. It was a chance to visit a familiar or a new beautiful place.
This was my second visit to Satwiwa in the same week. The clouds and fog created a mystical day. One time you would look at the beautiful Jawbone Mountain and it would be there.... the next time you looked it was shrouded behind the fog and low clouds. Always beautiful and mystical Satwiwa State Park was once the home of the Chumash Indians, a peaceful group of gatherers who lived along the coastal areas of Southern California.
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| Some of us stopped painting for lunch and some fun together. |
Several of us painted from the top of a hillside and looked out over the gorgeous scene in front of us. All around us were beautiful wildflowers.. Little purple ones that I later learned were called vetch. Nearby, hiding among the rocks, there was also a very shy (thankfully) snake which I thought was a rattlesnake. None of us wanted to get close enough to it to really find out for sure.
What a wonderful day!
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