confluence 8x10

This is looking up the middle fork of the American River from the confluence down below Auburn. The view is from the spot where I parked yesterday when I painted No Hands Bridge. I liked the view and made a mental note to come back.
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No Hands Bridge #7 8x10

It got up to 107 in Auburn today and the air was pretty unhealthy. The haze really amplified the atmospheric perspective and turned everything a bit brown. I actually like the muted tones of these paintings. I picked up a mask at the drug store. Hopefully it's keeping most of the bad stuff out of my lungs.
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scrub oak 8x10

This is out near a small lake which I originally intended to include in today's painting. On the hike out to it, however, I was sidetracked by the trail and this back lit tree. The scrub oak, dry grass and smoke laden air is just so typically Californian that I couldn't resist painting it.

Rattlesnake Bar #8 8x6

It's still smoky. I do sort of like how the smoke heightens the atmospheric perspective.

Hazel Avenue Bridge 8x6

It was another smoky day. I wanted to paint something that went with the haze.