It’s nice to remember those sunny summer and fall days when painting outdoors required sunscreen, not rain gear. Back in October I painted this view from the former refinery “company town” of Tormey. Now Tormey is just a couple blocks long on the edge of the Tosco Oil Refinery near Crockett. At the end of the main (only?) street is a small paddock with horses and goats. It was a fun place to paint.
I did 75% of the painting onsite and finished it in the studio from this photo:
Now it’s another rainy Sunday here in the San Francisco Bay Area, but after a great walk in the hills between showers, I’m happy to be in the studio working on several paintings in progress.
Jana Bouc, Artist 
5 replies on “Tormey, CA: Plein air oil painting”
Who’d have thought that a refinery would make such an appealing subject?
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You know, I can picture myself standing right there in that spot, turning round and round and saying, ‘there is nothing to paint!’. Here you’ve gone and made this wonderful painting. Well done!
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Hah ha. That’s happened to me so many times. I actually had walked around and around trying to find a spot and then got inspired by the tanks of all things, reflecting the light so prettily on the hill. Jana
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Here in the Washington DC area we are freezing! Brrrrrrrrrrrr. A little bit of snow today, very unusual this early in the season. It’s not even winter yet!
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Oops, I should have noted that of course your painting looks wonderful. Both because it’s very beautiful. And because it’s not depicting snow!
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