Chains of rectangular rocks leading out
into the choppy dark blue green sea.
Pieces of iridescent metal washed up on the beach.
The texture of ocean-worn wood in contrast.
California urban beaches.
(painted in a series of watercolors
that I saw in Erle Loran's studio)
Blue sky; bluegreen sky. Yellow.
Purple.
The sand suggested. Triangular boat sails.

[ Paths of Memory and Painting]
[when the foreground meets the background]