Summer Excursions

San Francisco in the summer is generally a pretty cold place. I'm lucky enough that when the weather does become nice, I can often take advantage of it and go out and paint plein air landscape- usually in Golden Gate Park or the Presidio. The window of opportunity might be brief, and the wind can make the most beautiful of places bearable only for brief visits. Standing around in one place for a few hours is another thing. Luckily, I've found a decent spot that can be roughly in the sun and out of the wind and with a decent compositional possibilities.

So here are a few..