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San Juan Capistrano was still a somewhat isolated historical town in the late 1970s-80s. Now more or less surrounded and run-over by developmental modernity there may still be pockets of the recent and distant past. Ito's (a bit of history itself!) was an island of color near the town center, the Los Rios Street area, and The Depot. A warm day! There is one other plein air Ito's painting of mine owned by a private collector. I think the Ito owners have now sold and things won't be the same. So, oddly, this little painting becomes an historical reference!

Open air painting and beyond Ed White is a third generation Californian now transplanted to Connecticut. He has been painting the landscape on site since his early years at Lake Tahoe, California. His work has been exhibited and sold in California and Connecticut and is in numerous private collections. Ed often works on location, and completion of these works usually demands a small size because of the changing light conditions. Refining the idea, and extrapolating to a better design concept, and a larger format, is always the challenge. “I’ve discovered that many of my paintings preserve a location that has been later destroyed by development. For me, all of them preserve a lighting, time and mood. A successful painting both...