Pepperwood Preserve

This is a new version of a study I first painted two and half years ago when I took a plein air painting class at Pepperwood Preserve. It was a very hot summer day, and I was drawn to paint the curved pathway that led away from where all of us students had set up to paint.

Painted en plein air at Pepperwood Preserve

This was painted on a very hot morning at Pepperwood Preserve. We were all set up to paint across from some dramatic mountains, but I kept looking over my shoulder to where the path veered off to the left. Finally, I turned my easel to face the path and painted it instead of the mountains.