Point San Quentin

oil on textured panel 11" by 14" plein air. Painted this last Saturday. Really tough because of a strong wind trying to blow over my easel. Some of my brush strokes are very loose because my pochade box and panel would shake with the wind. San Quentin Prison is on the other side of the point and the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is behind me.

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Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 26, 2014 at 1:26: Thanks Colleen. Stu

Comment by Colleen McCafferty on September 25, 2014 at 21:57: Sounds like a real challenge Stu. Well done!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 25, 2014 at 18:15: Thanks Jon. Stu

Comment by Jon Main on September 25, 2014 at 17:53: Nice design/compo!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 25, 2014 at 12:55: Thanks Olivia. Most of my energy was going into hanging onto my pochade box with my left hand and trying to lay down brush strokes with my right. Maybe I have found a new way to put more energy into my paintings! I would rather not make painting in the wind a habit; like you said it is a nightmare. Stu

Comment by Olivia O'Carra on September 25, 2014 at 7:29: Great work Stu.it has a great feeling of energy. Painting in the wind is a nightmare

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 24, 2014 at 15:27: Thank you Laura, Ann, Silvana and Cristina. I would rather paint in the rain than when it's very windy. Everything blows away and you are constantly having to grab your easel to keep it from tipping over in the wind; very distracting!

Comment by Cristina Mihailescu on September 24, 2014 at 12:22: Dynamic! Lovely brush strokes!

Comment by Silvana M Albano on September 24, 2014 at 11:31: You ARE patient Stu! I think I would have given up with the wind... I need quite a lot of free space around me to place what I need for painting... I imagine that in a windy day would be like painting in zero-G!!!! (only, that I suppose eventually everything would land...)

Comment by Ann Turner on September 24, 2014 at 10:58: Interesting place to paint. Dramatic composition, use of light against dark values to pump it up. Nice feeling of energy, maybe fighting the wind helped to make this more dynamic.