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Dark Beach
Topic: Light and Shadow
Santa Monica, Thursday, January 4 - and who imagined the place could seem a scene of alienation? Below, a street down to the beach, as Edward Hopper might have seen it, had he not been a New Yorker. 
Hopper had his famous Nighthawks place. Here's the California equivalent on Ocean Avenue, Chez Jay, right next to the Rand Corporation, the think-tank that plans our wars for us.
Even the pier looks a bit like something from Hopper. But the only famous Hopper in these parts is the actor Dennis Hooper, who lives a few miles south in Venice Beach.
It's not all Hopper alienation. It's sometimes just mildly surreal - the bronze surfer with the briefcase at the Lowe's hotel, across from Chez Jay.
Ah, the kids still play at the beach, in the long winter light at noon.
But all is not well here, at least on Lincoln Boulevard.
Organic Geometry
Topic: Botanical Studies
The don't call it the fan palm for nothing. 
A Quiet Afternoon on Sunset
Topic: Color Studies
| A Quiet Afternoon on Sunset |
The new year begins. Color studies - Sunset Boulevard, Guitar Row - halfway between CNN, where Larry King is taping his evening show, and the clubs on the Strip, setting up for the evening rush. This is Tuesday, January 2 - mid-afternoon. 
At the Guitar Center -
Ah, the Gibson Girl is always there -
Happy New Year and All That
Topic: Botanical Studies
| Happy New Year and All That |
Light posting, if at all - New Years Eve - got to get out of Hollywood. On the other hand, the new issue of Just Above Sunset is now online, with new material, and ten pages of photographs, from the Catskills to Santa Monica. Take a look.
And here's a winter rose, previously unpublished, in the neighborhood - just for the New Year. 
