Inspired | Helen Lundeberg

"My work has been concerned, in varying modes of pictorial structure and various
degrees of representation and abstraction, with the effort to embody, and to
evoke, sates of mind, moods and emotions."  H.L

 

Helen Lundeberg was a Southern California based painter who established the Post Surrealism movement with her husband Lorser Feitelson. She was born in Chicago in 1908 and died in Los Angeles in 1999.

Her work offers color that my eyes cannot get enough of. With geometric abstraction that feels based in an environment of reality, Lundeberg's work is repeatedly called poetic and lyrical. I can't think of a better way to describe it.  

The Channel Islands - Santa Cruz

<3 So amazing! 

Once Ila is older, or if we ever luck out on a solo mom & dad trip, we will go Kayaking. The spelunking! And we will MOST definitely be bringing our snorkels next time.

The water was crystal clear. And I do mean absolutely translucent. Un. Real. 

From the variegated soil- white sand so bright it hurt your eyes, cracked and dry dirt that looked like what I imagine a dinosaurs skin to look like, solid rock... to the craggy coast that followed us our whole hike, Santa Cruz blew my mind. We kept to a relatively small area of the island, docking at Scorpion Harbor and hiking out from there. 
2.4 miles into the hike ila started asking for the beach and her pu-puit (swim suit). I was right there with her. But the hike to Potato Harbor was well worth it; and ila fell asleep as we got to it. We had 45 min of uninterrupted staring + sandwich eating time. It was truly the essence of the word magnificent. 

We did this trip in a day, taking off from Ventura. I can't wait to go back!