WIDE, OPEN.
An Exhibition on the Salinas River Valley Farmlands
Note: This is a Work in Progress
You stand on a country road in the middle of this valley and experience an expanse of space to all sides. Fields stretch out wide before you in every way to a distant horizon. It is an eerily quiet, open place except for the distant grinding of tractors and trucks and the haunting sound of an unseen locomotive.
Dotting the landscape like little islands are old farmhouses. Many of these are no longer occupied but used as storage buildings surrounded by parked tractors, plows, and diskers. These old houses make it easy to picture earlier generations making their lives farming here. It is quiet, too. On a Sunday, one can park and paint on a side road, and only two or three cars will pass in two hours.
For more detailed information about these paintings, see “WIDE, OPEN.” under WORDS link above. Please help me find a venue for this exhibit. I expect it to be ready for exhibition in late 2025 or spring 2026.
"Old Farmhouse near Moss Landing"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
This old farmhouse sits on a slight rise as if on a hill above a lake of crops.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
This old farmhouse sits on a slight rise as if on a hill above a lake of crops.
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"Old Farmhouse near Moss Landing"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
This old farmhouse sits on a slight rise as if on a hill above a lake of crops.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
This old farmhouse sits on a slight rise as if on a hill above a lake of crops.
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"Farm on Armstrong Road"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
The road is a dirt mud track used by plows and pickup trucks to reach the far fields. The old barn is in the last stages of collapse.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
The road is a dirt mud track used by plows and pickup trucks to reach the far fields. The old barn is in the last stages of collapse.
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"Farm on Armstrong Road"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
The road is a dirt mud track used by plows and pickup trucks to reach the far fields. The old barn is in the last stages of collapse.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
The road is a dirt mud track used by plows and pickup trucks to reach the far fields. The old barn is in the last stages of collapse.
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"Out Buildings on a Farm"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
The old out buildings shine bright in the noon sun. You can see that all of the windows have been boarded up.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
The old out buildings shine bright in the noon sun. You can see that all of the windows have been boarded up.
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"Out Buildings on a Farm"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
The old out buildings shine bright in the noon sun. You can see that all of the windows have been boarded up.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
The old out buildings shine bright in the noon sun. You can see that all of the windows have been boarded up.
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"Armstrong Road at Blanco Road"
20"x16" oil on canvas.
Somehow this scene of a simple intersection is emblematic of the rough roads of Salinas Valley farmlands.
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20"x16" oil on canvas.
Somehow this scene of a simple intersection is emblematic of the rough roads of Salinas Valley farmlands.
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"Armstrong Road at Blanco Road"
20"x16" oil on canvas.
Somehow this scene of a simple intersection is emblematic of the rough roads of Salinas Valley farmlands.
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20"x16" oil on canvas.
Somehow this scene of a simple intersection is emblematic of the rough roads of Salinas Valley farmlands.
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"The House where Francisco Lives"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
A neat little worker's cottage across the road from where Francisco works, a farm equipment yard.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
A neat little worker's cottage across the road from where Francisco works, a farm equipment yard.
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Disking near 183 and McFadden Road
24 x 16 Oil on Canvas
A tractor disks a field in preparation for planting.
Catalog #996
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24 x 16 Oil on Canvas
A tractor disks a field in preparation for planting.
Catalog #996
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"Morning Fog with Egret"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
There are often thick morning fogs in the valley. By noon this will be a sunny scene. The egret hunts in the water of a small slough.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
There are often thick morning fogs in the valley. By noon this will be a sunny scene. The egret hunts in the water of a small slough.
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"Old RR X-ing at Nashua and Monte Roads"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
The section of tracks that cross the road have been removed but the train signal still stands. A mile to the right, an railroad trestle still spans the Salinas River. Purchase Original"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
The section of tracks that cross the road have been removed but the train signal still stands. A mile to the right, an railroad trestle still spans the Salinas River. Purchase Original"
House on Blanco near Armstrong
24 x 16 Oil on Canvas
The full afternoon sun blasts the sides of these white building of an old farm.
Catalog #994
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24 x 16 Oil on Canvas
The full afternoon sun blasts the sides of these white building of an old farm.
Catalog #994
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House on Blanco near Armstrong
24 x 16 Oil on Canvas
The full afternoon sun blasts the sides of these white building of an old farm.
Catalog #994
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24 x 16 Oil on Canvas
The full afternoon sun blasts the sides of these white building of an old farm.
Catalog #994
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"Rancho Toro"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
Rancho Toro, located in the center of the valley, west of Salinas, is home to many migrant farmhands.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
Rancho Toro, located in the center of the valley, west of Salinas, is home to many migrant farmhands.
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"Rancho Toro"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
Rancho Toro, located in the center of the valley, west of Salinas, is home to many migrant farmhands.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
Rancho Toro, located in the center of the valley, west of Salinas, is home to many migrant farmhands.
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"House on Hitchcock Road"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
Toro rises in the background on a sunny day on the old farm.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
Toro rises in the background on a sunny day on the old farm.
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"House on Hitchcock Road"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
Toro rises in the background on a sunny day on the old farm.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
Toro rises in the background on a sunny day on the old farm.
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"Salinas River Valley"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
The Salinas River is glimpsed through the trees in the foreground just past the plowed field.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
The Salinas River is glimpsed through the trees in the foreground just past the plowed field.
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"Salinas River Valley"
24"x16" oil on canvas.
The Salinas River is glimpsed through the trees in the foreground just past the plowed field.
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24"x16" oil on canvas.
The Salinas River is glimpsed through the trees in the foreground just past the plowed field.
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Farm near River Road
24 x 20 Oil on Canvas
Toro Peak rises up behind a working farm and field.
Catalog #1005
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24 x 20 Oil on Canvas
Toro Peak rises up behind a working farm and field.
Catalog #1005
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Farm near River Road
24 x 20 Oil on Canvas
Toro Peak rises up behind a working farm and field.
Catalog #1005
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24 x 20 Oil on Canvas
Toro Peak rises up behind a working farm and field.
Catalog #1005
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