Originals - Landscape | Laurel Sherrie

Hwy 46 West, Confluence, Ways of Water
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. Painted for a show to benefit Land Conservancy SLO County, near the top of the mountains by Highway 46 West.
Huasna, A Very Lupine Morning
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. One of those lovely spring mornings on the road to Huasna, close to home, take a turn in the road and suddenly a hillside full of Lupine glowing in the sun.
Huasna, Making Hay
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. Another close-to-home painting, looking at a field of hay being harvested to feed the animals.
Early Morning, Huasna River Wash
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. At the very end of Huasna Townsite Road is a usually dry riverbed, but sometimes you catch it with water in it after a good year of rain. This view it is dry but I loved the sha…
Coastal Farm
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 9 x 12. This is a farm that was about 6 miles inland south of San Luis Obispo. The buildings are still there, but the animals are gone, and it's going to be demolished. I am happy…
Carrizo, Goodwin Ranch Laundry
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. The Goodwin Ranch at the Carrizo Plain. If you have been fortunate enough to visit, you know how wonderful it is. This is a view from the back. Love the old out building and the…
Carrizo, Goodwin Ranch Barn Relics
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. Near Carrizo Plain, the Goodwin Ranch, with its many historic buildings like this barn with fencing long out of use, but still decorating the land.
Bonetti Ranch_Remnants of the Past
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 8 x 10. If you're familiar with San Luis Obispo, CA, you may recognize this house, on the historic Bonetti Ranch at the corner of Tank Farm Road and Higuera, how it looked before the pr…
Big Sur Lodge, Redwood
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 8 x 6. Big Sur Lodge! Have you ever stayed there? It's a wonderful place with enormous redwoods in every direction. I painted this on location right outside my favorite cabin.
Carrizo, Road to the Temblors
Original Oil, Canvas, 8 x 8. This is a painting done with palette knife of the road by Washburn Ranch in the early morning, with the Temblors in the distance and the wonderful shadows of dawn. This painting has been acc…
Camatta, Morning Mountain II
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. This is a slightly larger version. I wasn't "done" with this mountain scene...With the pleasure of an early spring morning sunrise, a mountain beckons as the rising sun illumina…
Turley, Heritage Vines
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. Turley Vineyard is a unique vineyard because they are preserving California’s heritage through organic farming is at the heart of Turley’s identity. By responsibly caring for our…
Camatta Ranch, Bison Dawn
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 12 x 36 x 1.5. I have loved watching these enormous animals from the road for the last 20 years, as I was on my way to the Carrizo Plain. In recent years I've been able to see them…
Camatta Ranch, Relic Tanks
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. The Camatta Ranch is an enormous working ranch that is preserved from development. These relic tanks are in a back country canyon, from long-ago times.
Buckingham Ranch, Hollister Afternoon
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 12 x 20. Another opportunity to paint at the Buckingham Ranch, with an afternoon view and shadows of Hollister Peak.
Camatta Spring Cottonwood
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 8 x 6. Started on location, this Cottonwood tree has exploded with foliage after a winter rest. I can't wait to see it in the fall.
Eagle Ranch, Oak Ancestor
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. It's an oil sketch, started on location at Eagle Ranch, a preserved natural space in north San Luis Obispo County. This is an amazingly huge ancestral oak tree.
The Hollister
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 6 x 8. This is an oil sketch from being out on location at this amazing view of the back side of Hollister Peak.
Caliente Ridge Bloom
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. Started on location at the Carrizo Plain at the height of the early bloom this year, the Caliente Ridge is phenomenal to witness and experience.
Carrizo Muse
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. This original oil painting is of the Carrizo Plain, looking East to the Temblor Range, with flowers blooming and the relics of old farming in the foreground. Once you've been the…
Carrizo-Desert Candles All Ablaze
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 8 x 6. After abundant late winter rain, the Desert Candles on Caliente Ridge at the Carrizo Plain were also abundant and amazing. Some were as tall as 36" or more, and stems glowed as l…
Hearst Castle, Golden Statue
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 18 x 12. This painting is a result of painting on location at Hearst Castle garden some years ago and recently being invited to have reproductions of my Hearst Castle paintings in…
Camatta Ranch Skyline
Original Oil, Canvas, 12 x 24. It is a tribute to the expanse that Camatta Ranch with help from The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County has preserved for eternity. Here at the very highest point on the ranch, you…
Rock Front Ranch, First Light
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 8 x 16. I had the privilege to visit, experience and paint Rock Front Ranch on Highway 166. This huge rock face stands over a dry creek that's a crucial wildlife corridor to Cuyama…
Carrizo, Selby Barn Memories
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 12 x 16. With the recent wildfire that burned at the Carrizo Plain National Monument, and took the beloved Selby Barn with it, I found a photo I had taken of it many years ago and…
Camatta Bison Spirit Incarnate
Original Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24. I have admired the Camatta Ranch Bison herd for a very long time, seeing it on my way to the Carrizo Plain on Highway 58. I have finally put a few onto canvas. I'm honored that this painti…
Mountain Embrace, Summer Morn
Original Oil, Canvas, 12 x 18. Started on location, capturing the Summer colors of this amazing scene, with the mountains shooting up from the farmland valley. This is along Orcutt Road, south of San Luis Obispo.
Santa Rita Ranch - Ancient Fence, Old Tank
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 9 x 12. I just love these dramatic shadows and light with the history of this fence and tank pervading everything. In making a painting like this, or any really, I get to a point w…
Goldfields Brighten a Cloudy Day, Camatta
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. With this small plein air sketch, bask in the radiant energy of a landscape transformed by nature’s golden touch. This vibrant impressionistic scene draws you into a field ablaze…
Goldfields Below Fossil Ridge, Camatta
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 6 x 8. I’m excited to share my new oil painting, *Goldfields below Fossil Ridge*. Measuring just 6 by 8 inches, this piece captures a quiet moment where the muted light of an overcast d…
Close to Home, Winter Solstice at Talley
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. I live in such a beautiful area. It is astounding how much variation is in the landscape near my home. That's why I decided to start calling these pieces "Close to Home" with th…
Camatta Ranch, Custodians of Cottonwood Light
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 12 x 16. The native California Cottonwoods really caught my attention this year, and early enough that I didn't miss their show. Out at the Camatta Ranch, they were so glorious. "Custod…
Santa Rita Ranch, Bird Sanctuary
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 9 x 12. Painted on location at Santa Rita Ranch in Northern San Luis Obispo County. This 1,750 acre ranch has been preserved forever by The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo Coun…
Santa Rita Ranch, Evening Layers
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 9 x 12. At this preserved 7,000 acre ranch, in late afternoon light. I was painting this scene with layers of hills going off in the distance to the Pacific Ocean there in a layer…
Santa Rita Ranch, Hillside Shadows
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 12 x 16. I was delighted to be able to see this ranch for myself to record it in paint on canvas. Thanks to the The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County for their acquisition and…
Santa Rita Ranch, Homage to Relics
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 12 x 16. I love these old farm buildings, especially with this early morning light. The buildings are almost all in shadow but for the slivers of sunlight coming through. This is homage…
Santa Rita Ranch, Light Dance
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 12 x 12. This is a corner of the Santa Rita Ranch, now owned and preserved forever by the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County, www.lcslo.org, by whose grace I was there to paint…
After the Rain, Floodplain
Oil, Linen, 18 x 24. The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County has preserved the Lower San Luis Obispo Creek Floodplain. After heavy winter rains, it is so evident why this is needed. The floodplain allows the cree…
Carrizo Plain Gates
Original Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24. A view across the valley toward the Temblor Range, from the Goodwin Ranch. The Temblors are well lit and showing their incredible formations.
Carrizo, Selby Rocks
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 12 x 16. Up on the road to Selby Camp, there is this view down to the valley, past these amazing rocks.
Eucalyptus Old Edna
Original Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 12 x 16. I went to Old Edna to paint, but this tree across the road in the middle of the field was so majestic, it required a painting.
Hearst Ranch, San Carpoforo Creek
Original Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20. An oil painting by Laurel Sherrie, this creek runs into the Pacific Ocean, and on its way, through this valley in Southern Big Sur, just south of Ragged Point Inn. Intrigued by the huge co…
Pismo Preserve Panhandle, Fantasy Trail
Original Oil, Oil-Primed Linen Canvas, 16 x 20. Painted from a study that was done on location, it was rewarding to recreate this winter-spring view of the green, green grasses and shadows.
Buckingham Ranch, Hollister Revealed
Original Oil, Canvas, 12 x 24. What a wondrous experience, to witness the fog lifting from Hollister Peak's north side - one minute it's all foggy to the ground, the next this amazing peak appears! And so wonderful to p…
Rock Front Ranch Evening, Rustic Radiance
Oil, Linen Canvas Panel, 12 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 gro…
Sunflowers, Ripening Seed
Original Oil, Canvas, 20 x 24. The End of Summer for the giant Sunflowers, laden with seed and petals drying. Oh so beautiful.
Artist's Garden, Blue Chair
Original Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 2. This is a large version of a 6" x 8" plein air painting of the Artist's Garden, featuring very favorite subjects. I love this Blue Chair, and also the Crassula Falcata with its fabulou…