Illuminant Tide Pools Framed

Illuminant Tide Pools, by Rose Irelan. 20" x 40" oil. Awarded By Betty Carr, AISM

-  AIS First Place Associate Division 2022. 

-  Oil Painters of America Award of Excellence for Water Award.  Awarded By Juror Jeremy Godding

- "Best Water", Plein Air Salon 

- "Best Oil" for Plein Air Salon

-  Juried into the  2021 NOAPS International Annual show. 

- Juried into Califonia Art Club's Spring Awakening

This is a plein air to studio painting of the Tide Pool at Montero Del Oro natural park in San Luis Opisbo in central California. It is 20” x 40” and is entitled “Illuminant Tide Pools”. The late afternoon sun and how it illuminated everything along with the dancing sparkles on the water, was a moment of sublime beauty and wonder that I wanted to capture. The place and moment brought back so many good memories of wading in the magical tide pools looking for the seas treasure with my children as they grew up along the California coast. I wanted to capture that magic of the Tide pools, and the illuminant lighting of the late afternoon sun sinking. It was a joyful experience painting the transparency, the reflective qualities, and. the movement of the water. 

This is a plein air to studio painting of the Tide Pool at Montero Del Oro natural park in San Luis Opisbo in central California. It is 20” x 40” and is entitled “Illuminant Tide Pools”. The late afternoon sun and how it illuminated everything along with the dancing sparkles on the water, was a moment of sublime beauty and wonder that I wanted to capture. The place and moment brought back so many good memories of wading in the magical tide pools looking for the seas treasure with my children as they grew up along the California coast. I wanted to capture that magic of the Tide pools, and the illuminant lighting of the late afternoon sun sinking. It was a joyful experience painting the transparency, the reflective qualities, and. the movement of the water.