sailed in ro Sourhern California in 1834. Wirh warercolors, one musr rerain rhe whire of rhe paper for rhe lighrer colors. This meanr masking off all rhe rigging before I could painr rhe backgro und. Ir rook a considerable amounr of rime ro complere rhe masking process before I could apply any color. Ir was a challenge rhar became a labor oflove, and I am pleased wirh rhe final result-ir is one of my besr efforrs.
Over rhe years I have experimenred wirh a variery of approaches wirh differenr subjects. I painred rhe Cabrillo Lighrhouse using rhree differem lighr sources-rhe moon, the light irself, and rhe lighr in rhe children's room upstairs in the lighrhouse. In an earlier painring I had made of the brig Lady Washington-an image I construcred our of my head-I used rwo light sources, rhe moon and rhe ligh rs from inside rhe caprain's
Cabrillo Light 1989, egg tempera 24"x 18" (Artist collection).
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