Here's one of the many historic cottages that delight visitors to Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula, the winter home of the famous Monarch butterfiles that make their journey every year all the way from Oaxaca in southern Mexico. As with many of my paintings, I was trying to capture the strong effects of light on the yellow stucco on an abnormally warm January day...the secrets lie in the shadows!
Here's one of the many historic cottages that delight visitors to Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula, the winter home of the famous Monarch butterfiles that make their journey every year all the way from Oaxaca in southern Mexico. As with many of my paintings, I was trying to capture the strong effects of light on the yellow stucco on an abnormally warm January day...the secrets lie in the shadows!