San Juaquin Valley. Sanger, CA. Acrylic on 12x12 in a Gold Floater Frame. 2019 by Robert Griffith

Painting style is impressionist landscape with expressive color. The canvas is triple primed and painted with oil paints.

Central California is the home of one of the largest agricultural basins in the world. From Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley in the south to the Sacramento Valley and Red Bluff in the north, this land is home to the cities and towns, and thousands of farms that feed the world. I grew up on one of these farms. The intense year around sunsets are both a stark and comforting reminder that as the sun goes down, tomorrow will be a new day with the opportunities and work this wonderful basin provides. This is a painting from my youth, growing up on a grape farm. The slow pace and peace of the farm seem a long way from the intense pace of today’s electronic world. This painting is looking for a home to bring the peace and tranquility the vineyard provides.