Little Folk Art La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla-Not For Sale

Original folk art oil painting by Sandra Corey.
Title: Little Folk Art La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla, CA.
Size: 6x6x1.5
Medium: Oil over acrylic on stretched canvas.
Date: 4/16/14
Style: Abstract/folk art
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This mini-scape folk art painting depicts a of view from the sea toward historic La Valencia hotel and Scripps Park, La Jolla, California. 

Here is the inspiration photo, but I also used Google maps.  (Even though I don't keep to realism in the painting, I do like to know what the reality of the image is before I completely alter it!)

Little Folk Art Roller Coaster-Not For Sale

Title:  Little Folk Art Roller Coaster
Size: 6x6x1.5
Medium: Oil over acrylic on stretched linen.
Date: 3/17/14
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View toward Mission Bay and Beach and historic Belmont Park's, wooden roller coaster (The Big Dipper), built in 1925.  On July 4, 1990, a ceremony was held to officially recognize the Dipper as a National Historical Monument.

The inspiration for this painting is this great photo I saw online. 

It is a bit blurry but I could see enough to want to re-imagine it as a little folk art painting.  If you click on the photo to enlarge it , you can see the red roofs and roller coaster in the background and the West Mission Bay Drive bridge in the center foreground.

Little Folk Art, Point Loma Lighthouse-Not For Sale

Title:  Little Folk Art, Point Loma Lighthouse
Size: 6x6x1.5
Medium: Oils on linen.
Wired and ready to hang. 
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It's been awhile since I've posted a folk art miniscape.  This little one depicts the new Point Loma Lighthouse in San Diego, with a view toward Coronado Island and eastward to San Diego's mountains. 

Valentine - SOLD

Title: Valentine
Size: 30x40x7/8
Medium: Oils over Acrylic
Date: 1/8/2014
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Red is a tricky oil color to work with and even trickier to photograph.  So I will provide a little narration.  The reds in Valentine consist of warm and cool tones, from deep blue-red to orange-red, darker and lighter red shades along with chartreuse, dark ultramarine and light blues.

Happy Valentines!