Laguna Beach 1950

 
Inspired from an old postcard from the fifties,
and I wanted to do it because my mom and dad honeymooned
in their second marriage at Hotel Laguna
(a looong story, not interesting except to family) but in a nutshell
married, three boys, divorced, remarried.

When I was a girl I was known as Debbie Beck.

This is a pretty bad sketch — everything is off, and
it was not done in the field,
so no excuses!  I didn’t lay
out basic horizon lines
nor the vanishing point…
I lost a whole chunk of the Hotel Laguna, a landmark.  Like it should be twice as long… SERIOUSLY.
Oh well, perhaps this is one I will redo at some time.

I love the idea of it, and wish I’d seen it in the fifties when it was not overpopulated.
I live in Oregon largely because I as a fourth generation Californian I cannot take what is happening in my home state, the trashing of the natural environment.

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About D. Katie Powell

hollywood baby turned beach gurl turned steel&glass city gurl turned cowgurl turned herb gurl turned green city gurl. . . artist writer photographer. . . cat lover but misses our big dogs, gone to heaven. . . foodie, organic, lover of all things mik, partner in conservation business mpfconservation, consummate blogger, making a dream happen, insomniac who is either reading buddhist teachings or not-so-bloody mysteries or autobio journal thangs early in the morning when i can't sleep
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3 Responses to Laguna Beach 1950

  1. Dan Antion's avatar Dan Antion says:

    I like this, Kate. I visited Laguna Beach in 1979. Not as far back as the post card, but still longer ago than I care to think about.

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