Picnic Spot
Pastel on aluminum oxide paper
Image size: 14.5 in x 19 in
Location: Grant Ranch Park, Santa Clara Co., CA(2005)

California hills have a myriad of green colors in the springtime, especially the bright green of new grass. When I go out to work on a pastel painting, I often sit and look out on the landscape, and the fresh colors are splashed out on the hills. There are yellows, whites, and pinks in patches.