“798. Jug Handle Creek” Oil Painting by Mariko Irie

This location is at Jug Handle Creek, CA.

It’s a nice, quiet and gentle atmosphere, isn’t it?

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” Steve Jobs
If you sit down like this place, you might hear your own inner voice.

“797. A Rock at Sunny Morning” Oil Painting by Mariko Irie

This location is MacKerricher Beach.

I wonder how many years this rock has been here.

“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” John Lennon

“796. Cheerful Splashes” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

It was sunny day at Jug Handle Beach, CA.

Waves are splashing cheerfully.

It sounds like happy and cheerful symphony.

Can you hear it?

My heart is dancing along this scene.

“You can’t blame gravity for falling in love. ”      Albert Einstein

I have painted foggy morning paintings.

It’s nice quiet time at foggy morning. But too many days is too much, you get tired, right?

You understand my feeling.

So today I present Sunny Morning for you.

“795. Waves at Sunny Morning” Oil Painting by Mariko Irie

Good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine.
I need to laugh, and when the sun is out
I’ve got something I can laugh about,
I feel good, in a special way.
I’m in love and it’s a sunny day.

“794. A Rock at Seaside Beach” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

This location is at Seaside Beach CA.

There are many Rocks at this beach.

Some how I was fascinated this rock.

This rock creates a gentle, a sense of relief and friendly atmosphere.

I wonder why I feel that way.

“793. A Scene from the Cave (Seaside Beach)” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

This location is at Seaside Beach, CA.

There are several caves at this beach.

Some of them are tunnel. The tunnels go through huge rocks.

This is a one of them.

Looking at out side from inside of the cave, it makes a scene different.

It makes the world compact and feels like this world is only mine.

“792. A House on Cliff (Seaside Beach)” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

This location is Seaside Beach CA.

Can you imagine that house has a gorgeous ocean view?

I can. I guess that my friends house has similar view as their view. I stayed their house for a couple days, just staring the view all day long: Waves, birds, creatures, clouds and colors changing.

And imagine the spectacular sunset.

“791. Quiet Morning Seaside Beach” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

This is other painting of foggy morning at Seaside Beach.

It was soft and tender tranquil atmosphere to meditation.

I found this words, which my friend posted today:

Autumn is the perfect time to take account of what we’ve done, what we didn’t do, and what we’d like to do next year.” ~Author Unknown

It’s a perfect time, isn’t it?

Let’s do it.

I realized that I didn’t write my Blog for long time.

I had two big shows and three weeks Japan trip. That is the way my time went by.

Now it’s in autumn in Santa Rosa. Leaves were turning colorful and also falling leaves.

I have been oil painting on 6” x 6” Premier Artists’ Panel since I came back from three weeks Japan trip.

Now a painting is dried. So I can scan and made digital file and can show you.

“790. Foggy Morning Seaside Beach” Oil Painting by Mariko Irie

This was early foggy morning at Seaside Beach in California.

Walking on sand, nobody was there and sound of silence.

Colors were canceled by fog. I love these colors which, I call European colors and this simple composition had a good impact.

What do you think?

“754. Tiny Samurai” Oil Painting by Mariko Irie

I wanted this painting to be strong composition.

I got a bird and I wanted some movement but not destruct the bird.

I got photo of plum blossoms from Kyoto in Japan. It was just in time and just right flower for this bird.

After I painted and looked at the face and posture of this bird, this title came out.

It’s “Tiny Samurai”.

What do you think?