02/07/2026
Fog turns color into memory.
Both of these works were painted on the same foggy day along the California coast — one in the morning, one in the afternoon. In Capitola, the colorful seaside houses softened into quiet tones, their reflections dissolving into the still lagoon. Later at New Brighton Beach, mist drifted across the shoreline, dissolving trees, ocean, and the distant coast into quiet layers of tone.
Painting in fog shifts the focus away from detail and toward atmosphere. Edges blur, colors quiet down, and the feeling of the place becomes more present than the forms themselves.
These pieces are part of my coastal plein air explorations, created on site under changing weather and light.
On view at the Firehouse Arts Center Lobby, Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center - City of Pleasanton
Through February 28 · Artist Talk Feb 14 (12–2 PM)
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