Train Station at San Juan Capistrano

I happened upon this back street view of the train station at San Juan Capistrano, California. Our family has many good memories of taking the Amtrak from Anaheim down to Del Mar to go to the horse races (no traffic!!!) We would stop to eat at the San Juan Capistrano train station. This is such a picturesque area of Southern California. I spent a morning taking pictures in and around the mission here and hope to eventually have a collection of California mission paintings.

This 6"x6" oil on canvas will eventually make its way for sale at a little fountain shop nearby the train station. (More details later) Contact me at fineartbymj@aol.com if you are interested in purchasing it before it finds a California home.

FUJI-LICIOUS

I started a fruit series awhile back and have been surprised at how much fun it is to do these smaller paintings on gallery-wrapped canvas. After doing oranges and pears, I had to do a tribute to my favorite...the ever sweet, ever crunchy, Fuji. All other apples fall to the wayside, in my personal opinion. I remember first discovering them in California and being crestfallen when they were not available in Texas - they eventually made their way to the larger market and no mushy Gala shall touch these lips again (unless my mother uses them for baking). I can slice up one of the larger (1 pound!) Fujis for the whole family.

There's debate about the "so-called apple" in the Garden of Eden and whether it was actually an apple. I'm thinking it may have been a Fuji.

This canvas is a little larger, a 6"x6" and with a deeper gallery wrap at 2-1/2" deep. It would sit prettily on a shelf somewhere. Now available at $125 + s/h. Email me at fineartbymj@aol.com