These paintings of the Cottages and Beaches of Crystal Cove are available for viewing and purchase at my studio gallery by appointment or contact me if you are interested in purchasing a painting but are out of state. Some are showing at the "Store" in the Historic District and a few are on display in the Bank of America on the Pacific Coast Hwy. in Corona del Mar, CA near Crystal Cove.  Many visitors to the Historic District are from all over the US as well as Asia and Europe.  50% of the purchase price of Original Oils and Giclee Prints is donated to the Crystal Cove Alliance, a non-profit origanization which restores the Historic District's Cottages and runs its educational programs. Please consider purchasing a painting and joining the CCA to help preserve the last of the beach cottages on the coast of California for future generations. Thank you!

Studio and en plein air paintings of  San Diego, Laguna Beach, Crystal Cove, Newport Beach, Central Coast as well as beaches in Europe

En plein air, studio paintings and giclee prints of Catalina Island
Showing at Ciao Baci, 107-G Pebbly Beach Road, Avalon, CA (310)5100986

Urban paintings with city streets, cars, telephone poles and figures.

The West is so vast and Beautiful, I often stop while driving to another location because the light is perfect and I have to paint at that moment.

Fishing boats and sail boats painted en plein air and in the studio.

En Plein Air Paintings from the 2006 -2009 Huntington Beach Plein Air Invitational

En plein air paintings shown at the Muth Interpretive Center, to support the Newport Naturalists & Friends, a non-profit dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the Bay in Newport Beach, CA
www.newportbay.org

En plein air paintings from annual pilgrimages 2001-2007 with artists and friends to Tuscany Italy to paint in the villages, vineyards and poppy fields all the while enjoying the food, the wine and the people of Tuscany.  www.ilchiostro.com

A group of 11artists organized by Jason W. Situ traveled to his hometown of Kaiping in Southern China for 9 days of painting in the rural farming villages. We were hosted by the Kaiping Art Center. Every day was a new adventure; a feast for the eyes and for the tables where we shared our meals each day.
The painters: Jason W. Situ, Steve Wang, Bob Vogel, Kristie Bretzke, Sara Leadholm, Earl Olson, Habib Rajabali, Scott Lloyd Anderson, Joseph Paquet and me, Val Carson
It was the trip of a lifetime!

Paintings done en plein air in Italy, France,Germany and England as well as studio pieces produced from smaller works.

En plein air paintings of the Grand Canyon,Sonoran Desert, Arizona Desert and California Desert.

Mission inspired Paintings