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Article: Of pelicans, plein air, and horizon lines. (Museum of Contemporary Art and other galleries in La Jolla, CA)
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- January 1, 1997
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The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, and a handful of local galleries have made La Jolla an important art destination
A few years back, while walking along the cliff trail north of the ramshackle La Jolla Caves gift shop, I stopped to talk to an artist as he worked on a plein air-style painting of La Jolla Shores. His brushstrokes showed a crescent of sand, the Scripps Pier, and eucalyptus-curtained hills in hazy impressionism. All seemed harmonious until a sudden shift of ocean breeze brought an aroma of rotting fish so powerful we almost gagged.
"Pelicans," he said. "They roost on the cliff just below us. That smell is one of the hazards of painting ...