102507 Artist Kenneth John KEN
have been watching and thinking about all the fires in southern california. i lived in san diego for many years, have friends and relatives still there, i travel to san diego about 4 times a year and paint it's beaches a lot. i couldn't help but think about the northeast part of san diego county, rancho bernardo, escondido, fallbrook, poway, etc. i used to own a home in scripps ranch, which took some severe damage in the last major fires a couple of years ago.
in the northeast traveling up i15 north is a lot of avacado groves on the hillside with some homes tucked inbetween the groves and the mountains, i hope some are still there, but according to the news, it's pretty wiped out.
i painted my intepretation of those groves and homes and their helplessness against the fires.
