Garden at Carmel Mission

oil on linen panel, 9" by 12", plein air. This is one of my paintings from the Plein Air Convention in Monterey. I painted it 10 days ago from the garden at the Carmel Mission near Monterey, well worth the $9 to go through the Mission to paint in the garden. Most of the other artists just painted outside rather than pay the fee and didn't get the great sun and shadows on the walls and courtyard.

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Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on May 3, 2015 at 0:37: Thank you Jon, Ann, Shoman, Laura and Pauline!

Comment by Pauline Le Merle on May 2, 2015 at 21:12: lovely plein air painting Stu, That little bit of light catching the building makes it so appealing, nice pallet too!

Comment by Laura Xu on May 1, 2015 at 10:32: Can not imagine to paint this plein aire, so much detail! Very well done!

Comment by Shoman Mohamed on May 1, 2015 at 8:20: Beautiful piece of art, i like especially the fountain but every part of the painting is a focal point, well done

Comment by Ann Turner on April 30, 2015 at 14:22: My new favorite of your paintings ! Doing a complicated structure plein air is challenging and one of your talents. I agree with all the compliments !

Comment by Jon Main on April 30, 2015 at 4:33: Yep - great notan/design = powerful work!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on April 30, 2015 at 3:34: Thank you again Manneherrin!!! I use a very limited palette and find that this works superbly for mixing grays and achieving color harmony!

Comment by Manneherrin on April 30, 2015 at 1:51: another very strong notan! This one caught my eye right off the bat! Your color harmonies are superb. You show a lot of restraint in the saturation of color. Something I need to work on for sure. Lovely,lovely piece!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on April 29, 2015 at 23:35: Thank you Aurelia and Jessica!!!

Comment by Aurelia Sieberhagen on April 29, 2015 at 23:00: This is a awesome beautiful painting Stu! Your drawing, colour harmony are just excellent!