Oak Hill Memorial Park is California's oldest secular cemetery and a number of San Jose's first residents are buried there. Our painting day started out sunny and then a storm came in so there were a few clouds to paint.
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| Laurie Barna |
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| Jesus of Mt Hamilton - Caroline Garbarino |
The morning in the cemetery made a deep impression on me. Images from the day keep returning unbidden. I was especially moved to be so close to the pioneers whose names have been with me since early childhood. Although I am a Buddhist, the scene I painted held the most power for me. Caroline Garbarino
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| Anna Jacke |
Oak Hill Memorial Park's Chapel of Roses. With the changing light and rain coming while I finished up, my sky became a issue as did the shadows I had put in at the beginning... the challenges of Plein Air painting! Anna Jacke
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| Apostle's Fountain - Brad Santos |
Our paint-out at Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose's oldest and largest cemetery, definitely offered a different emotional tone than other recent paint sites. I wondered if that would translate into a different look to my paintings --- would I be able to capture that emotion? It seems like I should have but I confess that I couldn't see any difference. I suspect the 'emotion' was lost when I focused too much on simply reproducing the Apostle's Fountain on my paper. Brad Santos
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| San Jose Skyline as viewed from Oak Hill Cemetery - Dick Zunkel | |
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| View from Sunrise Hill - Sylvia Waddell |
A distant redwood casting its shadow over the gravestones caught my eye. The Mountains were still trapped in the haze at this point. This is a postcard sized sketch. Sylvia Waddell
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| Japanese Temple, Jenny Tero |
Everyone's work looks so good-and all so different! Sorry I couldn't be there.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done. I love plein air sessions and the work is so fresh!
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