{"id":1379,"date":"2025-11-16T12:24:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2025-11-16T12:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:24:31","slug":"666-sunset-surfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"666. Sunset Surfers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/666.-Sunset-Surfers-_Blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/666.-Sunset-Surfers-_Blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/666.-Sunset-Surfers-_Blog.jpg 860w, https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/666.-Sunset-Surfers-_Blog-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/666.-Sunset-Surfers-_Blog-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/666.-Sunset-Surfers-_Blog-407x300.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\/sunsetsurfers.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\/sunsetsurfers.html\">&#8220;666. Sunset Surfers&#8221; Oil painting by Mariko Irie <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last light of day was painting La Jolla beach in San Diego when I saw this group of surfers emerge. Their young, happy energy was palpable\u2014stoked and utterly exiting after what was clearly a fresh session. It felt like they had just shrugged off the day&#8217;s commitments, school or work, and their precious free time had begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My painting, &#8220;666. Sunset Surfers,&#8221; is currently on display at the Northcoast Artists Gallery in Fort Bragg as part of their new exhibition, &#8220;Gathering.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The show runs from November 6th through December 2nd. We invite you to visit the gallery and see the artwork in person!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\/sunsetsurfers.html\">https:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\/sunsetsurfers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\">www.mariko-irie.com<\/a> #oilpainting # San Diego #Surfers #artlover #california #art #fineart #californiaartgallery #northcoastartists.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last light of day was painting La Jolla beach in San Diego when I saw this group of surfers emerge. Their young, happy energy was palpable\u2014stoked and utterly exiting after what was clearly a fresh session. It felt like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1379\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-painting","category-paintings-watercolor-oil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1381,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions\/1381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}