How did you develop your unique style?
Larry Cannon: I did not start painting until my mid-50s. By that time, I was fully integrated into the beauty of California and influenced by what I saw and felt from the rich visual environment around me. From the moment that I arrived in San Francisco I had a visceral reaction to the forces of Nature flowing around me. Major influences were the coastal trees sculpted by the ocean winds, the continual wearing away of the land by the relentless ocean, and by several years of sailing on San Francisco Bay where the shifting winds and tidal currents provided a direct tactile connection between those forces and my hand on the sailboat tiller.
The sailing experience especially prepared me for the need to continually adjust to changing conditions – good training for painting in watercolor. Those feelings and observations have led me to paint in watercolors with more flowing broad-brush strokes in unison with the movements of the wind and water working on the coastal land and sea. It also led me to glazing with layers of transparent golden colors to add the glorious California Golden State sunshine that brings unity to the riot of color presented to us by Nature around us.
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