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The Baja paintings 1997-2003

San Jose del Cabo Lighthouse Watercolor 18x24 1999

San Jose del Cabo Lighthouse Watercolor 18x24 1999

San Jose del Cabo Lighthouse Watercolor 18x24 1999

Painted en plein air in San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur.

Sunday Sailors, Oil, 16x20, 1999

San Jose del Cabo Lighthouse Watercolor 18x24 1999

San Jose del Cabo Lighthouse Watercolor 18x24 1999

Painted en plein air in La Paz, Baja California Sur.

Loreto Sunrise, Oil, 16x20, 2000

San Jose del Cabo Lighthouse Watercolor 18x24 1999

Boca Sta Lucia, B.C.S. Oil, 16x20, 2003

Painted en plein air just below Loreto in Juncalito, Baja California Sur.

Boca Sta Lucia, B.C.S. Oil, 16x20, 2003

Punta Palmia Dive, B.C.S. Watercolor, 16x20, 2000

Boca Sta Lucia, B.C.S. Oil, 16x20, 2003

Painted en plein air in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur.

Punta Palmia Dive, B.C.S. Watercolor, 16x20, 2000

Punta Palmia Dive, B.C.S. Watercolor, 16x20, 2000

Punta Palmia Dive, B.C.S. Watercolor, 16x20, 2000

Snorkel, sketch, shorkel, sketch--is how I managed the underwater "plein air" San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur.

Flor Canela, Watercolor, 16x20, 2000

Punta Palmia Dive, B.C.S. Watercolor, 16x20, 2000

Punta Palmia Dive, B.C.S. Watercolor, 16x20, 2000

Painted en plein air in San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur.

San Quentin, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

San Quentin, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

San Quentin, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

Painted en plein air in San Quentin, Baja California.

Casa Elvira, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

San Quentin, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

San Quentin, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

Painted en plein air in San Ignacio, Baja California Sur.

Muella Sta Rosalia 20x24 Oil 1999

San Quentin, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

Muella Sta Rosalia 20x24 Oil 1999

Painted en plein air in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur.

Loreto, B.C.S. 2001

Canal 8 interview, B.C.S. 2000

Muella Sta Rosalia 20x24 Oil 1999

Painting in Baja

Canal 8 interview, B.C.S. 2000

Canal 8 interview, B.C.S. 2000

For seven years my husband and I traveled  in Baja California  painting up and down the penninsula for 3-6 months a year.  Landscapes were pristine, open expanses and even small colonial towns in the mountians seemed deserted of anything buillt after the 1800s.  Maru Ortega (pictured right), my long time agent in La Paz,  arranged  two State-sponsored exhibitions, Acuarelas en la Ruta de las Misiones in San Ignacio and Loreto, and a One Woman show at  la Galeria Carlos Olachea, La Paz, B.C.S. 


Canal 8 interview, B.C.S. 2000

Canal 8 interview, B.C.S. 2000

Canal 8 interview, B.C.S. 2000

Schools, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

Schools, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

Schools, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

Painted from sketches in San Ignacio, Baja California Sur. The painting stayed there, too

Cabo San Lucas, 1998

Schools, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

Schools, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

Equipment was worth hauling down, for comfortable plein air painting. A large drying rack was constructed in the rv to protect oils.

Rays of Light, Watercolor 16x20

Schools, 16x20. Watercolor 1999

Rays of Light, Watercolor 16x20

Painted in studio from sketches done at San Jose del Cabo snorkel spot.

San Borja, Watercolor, 16x20

Puerto de Ilusion, Watercolor 16x20

Rays of Light, Watercolor 16x20

Painted en plein air in San Borja, up in the mountains above Bahia Los Angeles, Baja California Sur. This was the study for the oil painting.

Puerto de Ilusion, Watercolor 16x20

Puerto de Ilusion, Watercolor 16x20

Puerto de Ilusion, Watercolor 16x20

Plein air study for the larger oil, painted in La Paz at the favorite taco stand.

Playa Pulguero Tepetates, La Paz

Puerto de Ilusion, Watercolor 16x20

Puerto de Ilusion, Watercolor 16x20

Sketching the shore north of La Paz on it's cape, Baja California Sur. This was my paradise. A tropical desert, infinite views.

Il Triunfo, Oil 20x24, 1999

Mission San Luis Ganzaga, Oil, 16x20, 2001

Mission San Luis Ganzaga, Oil, 16x20, 2001

In the mountains not too far off the main road, lies the mining town of Il Triunfo.

Mission San Luis Ganzaga, Oil, 16x20, 2001

Mission San Luis Ganzaga, Oil, 16x20, 2001

Mission San Luis Ganzaga, Oil, 16x20, 2001

There was a powdery road leading up to this town in the mountains. Because of the dangerous driving, there was no development in the town.

San Luis Gonzaga, Oil, 20x24 2001

Mission San Luis Ganzaga, Oil, 16x20, 2001

San Luis Gonzaga, Oil, 20x24 2001

In San Luis Ganzaga there was no electricity or running water. Daily the women would gather sticks for their outdoor brick ovens to cook on and gather jugs of water from the reservior. I was astounded by their happiness. 

Bahia Las Angeles, Oil 16x20 1999

Puerto de Ilusion, Oil 24x30, 2001

San Luis Gonzaga, Oil, 20x24 2001

There was no development as far as the eye can see. The village, a view behind this painting, was sparce...a small settlement, some restaurants under palapas.

Puerto de Ilusion, Oil 24x30, 2001

Puerto de Ilusion, Oil 24x30, 2001

Puerto de Ilusion, Oil 24x30, 2001

Studio work of the hub of B.C.S, tropical climate. At night it looked festive.

La Paz Tacos, Oil 14x18, 2001

Puerto de Ilusion, Oil 24x30, 2001

Puerto de Ilusion, Oil 24x30, 2001

This was  the prelude to the final large Puerto de Ilusion. 

Marina de La Paz, Oil, 24x30, 2001

Visita La Presentasion, Oil, 16x20, 2000

Visita La Presentasion, Oil, 16x20, 2000

Most of these images are en plein air. It was  invigorating to get to know the landscape in this intimate way.

Visita La Presentasion, Oil, 16x20, 2000

Visita La Presentasion, Oil, 16x20, 2000

Visita La Presentasion, Oil, 16x20, 2000

The Jesuit Museum in Mexico City comissioned 5 paitings of the first missions built in Baja. This was 10 miles from San Javier, deep in the mountains. It was dismantled by treasure hunters after the Jesuits abandoned it. 

Baja is a magical landscape of bright blue waters, colorful festivals, outrageous sunsets.

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