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Redondo Beach Cherry Blossom Tree

8/18/2010

Redondo Beach Cherry Blossom Tree

Materials Used: Acrylic on Illustration Board and Gold Deco Color Paint Marker
Original Size: 20"x30"

Description of "Redondo Beach Cherry Blossom Tree"
This is a painting of a lavender cherry blossom tree at the Redondo Beach Marina during the sunset hours. The sky is painted with various shades of peach, pink, yellow and purple representing a typical Southern Californian sunset. The water in the back of the wall reflects the beautiful sunset. The cherry blossom tree looks magical with it's strong dark roots and trunk branching out with lots of cherry blossom flowers that are lined with a shiny gold color. The cherry blossom flowers are lavender with a yellow circular center with speckled stamens. Each cherry blossom is gold lined with a gold Art Decco gold paint pen; I love the gold shimmer as you look at the painting from a different angle.

Inspiration for "Redondo Beach Cherry Blossom Tree"
My inspiration for painting this purple cherry blossom tree comes from my good friend that I have known for a long time. This was her wedding gift. This cherry blossom painting has the backdrop of the Redondo Beach Marina, which is the location of her wedding reception at the Portofino Hotel. The colors of the cherry blossoms, lavender and yellow are her wedding colors. The big tree silhouetted against the sunset symbolizes strong roots and a beautiful strong relationship and the flowers are blossoms of happiness sprouting for the couple. Redondo Beach has always been a romantic setting and a relaxing place to have a date and eat great seafood. On a regular beautiful sunny Southern California day at Redondo Beach, you'll also find lots of fisherman fishing, brown pelicans scouting out fish that the fisherman has tossed out, great seafood restaurants, kayakers, gondola rides, and maybe you might even spot seals in the water!

Indian Yellow

8/1/2010

Indian Yellow

Materials Used: Acrylic on canvas
Original Size: 16"x20"
Price for Original Painting: $300

Description of "Indian Yellow"
This is a cherry blossom painting with cadmium red and Indian yellow color flowers. I named the title of this cherry blossom painting after the new "Indian Yellow" acrylic paint that I recently bought. The background is painted in blue with a sponge tapping technique. The flowers are two dimensional, with a red and yellow center and blue outline of the distinct heart shape of cherry blossom petals.

Inspiration for "Indian Yellow"
My inspiration for the "Indian Yellow" cherry blossom painting comes from the yellow and orange California poppies I saw in my hike to Sycamore Canyon Waterfall in Newbury Park, CA. I tried to recreate the vibrant orange and yellow poppy colors in this painting. The Sycamore Canyon trail cuts through Satwiwa and Point Mugu State Park, which is part of the old Chumash Indian trade route. On the way to the waterfall, my friends and I passed the Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center and saw a tepee and lots of yellow and orange California poppies in full bloom along the trail. There was also a field of purple wildflowers that make you feel like you're in the mountain tops of Austria in the Sound of Music. Below are pictures of the Sycamore Canyon Waterfall hike, California poppies, and the tepee. Many people believe that Southern CA is barren without any nature or trees. I'm trying to prove them all wrong, there are pockets of beautiful hiking trails in the mountains with beautiful wildflowers, oak trees, and other chaparral. In my hikes, I have seen all sorts of animals from mallard ducks, lizards, coral snakes, hawks, frogs, salamanders. I'm so happy that there are still parts of the nature in Southern CA that remains beautiful and unspoiled by human and industrial expansion.

Redondo Beach Cherry Blossom Tree

Redondo Beach Cherry Blossom Tree

Indian Yellow

Indian Yellow

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