Friday, September 27, 2013

An Edward Hopper Afternoon at Walton Lighthouse

An Edward Hopper Seascape 
Hopper is a master of light. I have yet seen any painter who can capture the light of the seaside so truly. (Winslow Homer comes close, especially his watercolor work, but his paintings lack the mystical element I often find in a Hopper painting.) More than the Impressionists, Hopper teaches me so much about how to "see" the light. 
Finished in 2001, Walton Lighthouse is the only 21st century lighthouse I know.
The lighthouse is on a jetty outside the Santa Cruz Harbor.
Love the composition but the digital stitching is terrible. One day I will have to reshoot this.
Two men fishing on the jetty. I wondered what kind of fish they tried to catch.
A very Edward Hopper moment.
An Edward Hopper landscape, looks almost like a photo taken from the Pigeon Point. 

Walton Lighthouse

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