Holiday Art, Original Gems

Holiday Art, Original Gems | Laurel Sherrie

Big Sur Lodge, Redwood
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. Painted at our favorite place to stay in Big Sur, the Big Sur Lodge! Giant redwoods everywhere!
Shell Beach Harmony
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 8 x 16. Painted on location, one of so many I've done from different spots along the Shell Beach coast, capturing the harmony of a calm and beautiful morning at the coast.
Coastal Farm
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. A sweet, vintage coastal farm in Edna Valley south of San Luis Obispo, CA. It is no more, however, and I am glad to have captured it on canvas.
Pismo Preserve Foggy Path
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location at the Pismo Preserve, in Pismo Beach CA. At the top of the mountain, steeped in fog, with the varied and subtle colors of native plants.
Toro Creek Barn
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location on Toro Creek Road near Cayucos, CA. It's a lovely old barn in full use. The cattle and horses are nearby.
Madonna Mountain
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. This is a knife painting of the famous Madonna Mountain in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Carrizo, Goodwin Ranch Laundry
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. The Carrizo plain is a wonderful place, and I loved the laundry blowing in the breeze here.
Carrizo, Goodwin Barn Relics
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. One wonders about all the things that occurred with this barn over the years.
Hill, Oaks and Moon
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. Painted at a park near me, loving the graceful hill and shadows. And the moon!
Burton Mesa, Manzanita Meditation
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 9 x 12. The Burton Mesa is in Lompoc, CA, and has the most amazing native Manzanita. It only grows in this locale, and it gets huge, with trunks enormous 6" in diameter trunks, and…
Reservoir Canyon Morning II
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location on the north side of San Luis Obispo, where the beautiful hills come down to the fields. Unframed.
Santa Rita Ranch, Summer Cow Trails
Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. Summer at Santa Rita Ranch in San Luis Obispo County, looking at the hills with the cow trails and shadows. Painted on location. The Santa Rita Ranch is in San Luis Obispo County, recent…
Dana Adobe Witness
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. This is a small gem of a painting, featuring a magnificent oak tree not far from the Dana Adobe in Nipomo, CA. If only we could see what it has witnessed on this property over th…
Santa Rita Ranch, Fence Patterns
Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. The Santa Rita Ranch in San Luis Obispo County, recently acquired 1700+ acre ranch to preserve forever by the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County, www.lcslo.org by whose grace I w…
Santa Rita Ranch, Beyond Barriers
Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. Started it on location, finished it in the studio, keeping that "plein air" feel - the wind & sun at the top, and fog in the distance, the sensual overload and the need to paint quickly…
Barbara's Tractor
Original Oil, Canvas, 6 x 6. My neighbor's landscape with vintage tractor and windmill.
Carrizo, Goodwin Ranch Outbuilding
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 6 x 8. This lovely old outbuilding on a ranch at the Carrizo Plain caught my eye and I love the way the setting sun cast light across the front of it.
Old San Simeon Schoolhouse Wildflowers
Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. The Old San Simeon Schoolhouse is near Hearst Castle and has been there a very long time. It's one of our Central Coast icons at Hearst State Beach. Unframed.
Carrizo, Goldfields at Soda Lake
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 9 x 12. Painted on location at Soda Lake, at the Carrizo National Monument. Unframed.
Camatta Ranch, Winter Oak Essence
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 9 x 12. This painting is of a beautiful Oak tree on the Camatta Ranch, in the hold of winter without any leaves, and the "branches have an irregular, spreading and arching appearan…
Camatta Creekbed
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. Lined and shadowed by Sycamores and Cottonwoods, the remaining water in the creekbed glistens with sunlight and sky reflections.
Dinosaur Caves, Gulls Cliff
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 12 x 9. I get to paint so many gorgeous scenes! Here at Dinosaur Caves in Pismo Beach, it was a slightly foggy morning. The cliffs are spectacular, and this one was "owned" by a pair of…
Early Morning, Huasna River Wash
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. I was on site with my painting gear and it was early in the morning. It was so quiet and beautiful looking over this dry wash in Spring, in the Huasna Valley area.
Huasna, Making Hay
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. It was a beautiful, sunny early morning so I loaded my painting gear and dog and headed out. I just headed toward Huasna* as this road abounds with beauty. This is the 1st scene…
Huasna, A Very Lupine Morning
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. Huasna Valley (pronounced 'waazna') is very close to me, both in location and in spirit. I've been going there to paint for many years. It's history lies deep in the Mexican lan…
Out buildings, Swallow Creek Ranch
Original Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12. Painted on location at the ranch, I just loved how the light rest on the buildings and patchwork of colors. It was in the Morro Bay Art Center in the prestigious local Brushstrokes 2024 sho…
Oso Flaco Lake, Foggy Day
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. This is a painting of Oso Flaco Lake, just north of Guadalupe, California. It is one of the most scenic natural areas all along California’s coast, Oso Flaco Lake. It is a fragi…
Rock Front Ranch Morning
Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 8 x 16. I had the privilege to visit and paint Rock Front Ranch on Highway 166. This amazing rock face stands over a dry creek that's a crucial wildlife corridor to Cuyama Valley. They also grow…
Ollalieberry Inn, Cambria
Oil, Canvas, 8 x 10. The famous Olallieberry Inn Bed and Breakfast in Cambria, CA! Really cute Victorian!