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Hollister Peak Afternoon, oil on canvas 9" x 12" by Laurel Sherrie, $400

Hollister Peak looms over Highway 1 just outside of Morro Bay with many moods and lighting phenomena.  I have painted it several times but it's one of those subjects I never get bored with, every time I go there, whether on route to points north or with it my destination, it holds my intrigue and inspiration. 

This was an August afternoon, and I packed up my paints, my easel, my 2 big dogs (Neo and Princess) and went to Hollister Peak.  We found a spot on the side of a quiet road, and I worked to put the mountain on my small canvas.  Several cars drove by and waved, craning their necks as they went by to see what I was doing.  The fog was moving in several times, and I love the way the fog looks when it meets  the mountain, but it quickly withdrew, so no fog in this painting!  Ahhh! Another reason to go back another time.

Hollister, Windy Day, oil on canvas 20" x 16" by Laurel Sherrie

Painted from another view at another time. With each painting, I want to bring you with me into these moments. I want you to wonder “what lies just around the corner?” I want you to smell the dry grass and brush, feel the sun’s warmth and the cool of the shadows. Most of all, I want you to see the richness of color and the depth of light and shadow-play as I do when I wander with my easel around our local mountains, beaches and vineyards.

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