I am a landscape and seascape oil painter. I have been painting for over 30 years. Inspired by the beauty of nature that surrounds me. I try to paint daily while life continually gets in the way! Life? What is that? It's what happens when I am not painting! Being a wife and mother, finding the remote, the shoes, signing permission slips. Where is the permission slip? "Mom why is there alizaran crimson on my permission slip?" I paint en plein aire as often as possible, and studio paint when I can't, like at 1:30 in the morning. Often enlarging small plein aire paintings onto a large canvas. I hike all over Mt. Diablo and the surrounding hills gathering field notes for my large paintings in the form of sketches, notes, small oil sketches, and photographs. I have been chased by cows, tangled up in barbed wire, soaked in rain swollen creeks with slippery crossing rocks, and all the while I have to make sure I am back in time to pick up a kid from school! Back in the studio, I get to work on the day's information I have gathered. Recreating it on a large canvas. When I hear, "what's for dinner?" Dinner? What's for dinner? I should know this. My mother always knew this. It should be on the table in about ten minutes from now, and I haven't a clue as to the answer of that question. I am still trying to figure out how I got alizarin crimson on the permission slip!


Please enjoy my work, I will post as often as possible. Feel free to leave comments or to contact me by e-mail.



All works © 2010 Catherine McClure Lindberg No images may be reproduced without express permission from the artist.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Ocean Beach, Carmel, CA

Hi there,

This is just a little sketch in my moleskin book (4x6") that I did while sitting on Ocean Beach in Carmel By the Sea, CA. It is located at the end of Ocean Ave. A very nice family, and dog friendly beach. My family always meets there for a place to picnic (we tailgate in the parking lot) after several hours of walking around all the shops and galleries in Carmel. Then we relax on the beach before the 2 hour drive back home. I really only had about 15 minutes to create this as I spent so much time in the galleries and eating!!!!

You can see the Pebble Beach Gold Course from this beach that juts out into the ocean on a peninsula. I did this sketch in April while my daughter was on Spring Break. I just found it on my desktop and thought I'd post it.

It is nice to have your sketching supplies with you. Even if all you have is 15 minutes, you are left with a lifetime of memories the sketch creates. A visual diary!
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