Touching The Sea - The "Legendary" Adventure Continues

Touching The Sea - 12"x9" plein air

Dawn of the first day of our "Legendary" Channel Islands adventure broke as we arrived at the far-away and relatively small island of Santa Barbara.  This was my third such trip led by David Gallup.  Once at Santa Barbara, we had so many choices, but my first choice was to take the rubber boat to the island and join a group for a hike across the top to one of

	Looking back at our "home" (the Conception) from the campground on Santa Barbara Island.

the craggy rocky edges of the island.   We saw many sea birds, a lizard (one of two native vertebrates on the island.. the other being a mouse) lots of beautiful scenery and a wonderful owl who decided to come out from hiding in his cave and swoop across the canyon in front of us. 

After our hike, I returned to the 85 foot dive boat, Conception, where we slept and ate and laughed in a continual flurry of activity.  I sat up on the top deck to paint this scene.  It was a lovely day despite the increasingly strong wind which was sweeping across the island.   I painted two studies before calling it a day.  I'll include the other little one in the next blog post.

Please enjoy my 12x9 plein air study called "Touching The Sea", painted from the top deck of the Conception.  I preferred the top deck because I had a clear view on all sides, it was warm in the sun and there was less traffic to distract me.  The drawback was that it was too windy for an umbrella and the rocking of the boat was too pronounced for some.  Up on top, there was usually also a masseuse who ministered to those who wanted a total relaxing experience beneath privacy sheets and warming blankets.  I found this interesting to observe as well.

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