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I’ve uploaded four of my Fort Bragg landscapes, painted during the time I lived in Fort Bragg. I painted with black and white Gesso and watercolors. This combination of media gives the paintings a milky appearance. Despite the awful events occurring behind my apartment, Fort Bragg inspired the creation of many paintings…which are now sold.
These four images are of a coastal park at Pudding Creek, about one mile north of Fort Bragg proper. I fell in love with these bluffs and trees and the small beach and cove at the mouth of Pudding Creek. A very active logging and supply rail-line crossed this creek high above on a trestle bridge. The natural cove and ocean sparkle provided a stunning backdrop for this man-made structure.
The Park area had seven miles of paved recreational trail from the bridge north. Off the paved trail were smaller trails leading out to the edge of the land, to the area where the trees were leaning with the force of prevailing winds. I had hoped for the bicycle/walking trail to be extended over the bridge one day so one could ride or walk the rest of the distance into town, but while I was there it remained closed and inaccessible. A non-functiong structure except for the beautiful enhancing contrast to nature that it provided.
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Just beautiful, Susan.
Comment by Jan W. February 10, 2012 @ 6:14 PMJan
thank you!
Comment by Susan Canavarro February 10, 2012 @ 6:46 PMAnd lucky for me I own two of them.
Comment by jackremick February 10, 2012 @ 4:31 PMYea! Lucky for me too. Yours are more cityscape tho.
Comment by Susan Canavarro February 10, 2012 @ 4:33 PMSusan, I don’t remember seeing these. Really like them especially the Fence. Have they all been sold? I’m trying to recall if we were at that little beach on our Rt 1 trip about 5 years ago. The coast north of Ft. Bragg is special.
Comment by gb February 10, 2012 @ 4:24 PMg
Hi, yes they are all sold. I bet you have driven by that area. It’s just to the west of the highway, and there is a row of motels along the road. You can see the trees from the highway as I recall. It has a great bike path. I used to ride there, and walk.
Comment by Susan Canavarro February 10, 2012 @ 4:27 PMI love the Fence, and the black and whites. The Fence was a challenge!
Comment by Susan Canavarro February 10, 2012 @ 4:30 PM