A Painting of Dana Point Harbor: Dana Dreams — Endless Summer

A Painting of Dana Point Harbor: Dana Dreams — Endless SummerPaul Gavin, Ink & watercolor, 1988 Endless Summer In 1988 while painting beach scenes and events from Laguna Beach north, an acquaintance from South Orange County requested that I do a scene of Dana Point Harbor. She pointed out that no one had taken the time to paint more than an occasional picture of the area, believed there would be a demand for limited editions, and commissioned this piece to support her idea. It took a while for me to find what I thought was the best view from which to paint. The two Dana Point Harbor images of which I was aware at the time as well as those images painted since Dana Dreams have all been painted from nearly the same view — from the old gazebo looking south and away from land. When doing a landscape or scene painting, I try to find what would be considered the ultimate view, or that view which captures the subject's essence. This ultimate view turned out to be from the Headlands lookin