Original Oil Paintings & Prints by Johanna Girard
Private and Semi Private Art Instruction
Private and Semi Private Art Instruction
Fundraiser for those who lost their homes in the Eaton Canyon Fire
Eaton Canyon After the Rains,
oil on canvas, 24" x 36", 2023
Proceeds from the sale of this original oil painting or prints of this painting will be donated to The Altadena Rotary Eaton Fire Fund.
You may view or purchase the original painting in person while it is on exhibit now through March 29 at the Huntington Beach Art Center.
Proceeds from the sale of prints of this artwork will also go to support the
Altadena Rotary Eaton Fire Fund.
Please Click here to purchase prints, t-shirts, coffee mugs or other products with this image, and help support those families who lost their homes in this tragic fire.
This painting depicts beautiful Eaton Canyon in Altadena, as it was after 2023's record winter and spring rainfall. As a native Angeleno approaching my 70th year, I am used to the cycle of multi-year droughts that leave this rugged canyon a parched desert-scape much of the time...but that cycle is followed by some winters that can ofter bring torrential rains , transforming the canyon into magical delight of cascading waterfalls and burbling streams lined with fresh green growth...and wildflowers in the spring.
On January 6th, I was delivering this painting of Eaton Canyon to the Huntington Beach Art Center for an exhibit. How strange that the very next evening, January 7th, at about 6: 25 PM, a devastating wildfire broke out in this same rugged canyon. Over the course of that long night and into the next morning, hurricane force Santa Ana winds blew embers from the fires miles across my home town of Altadena, burning some 6000 homes in this charming, rustic corner of Los Angeles.
The Eaton Fire and the Pacific Palisades fire made national and international news for abour a week or so.... but for those folks who lost their homes and everything in them, the process of EPA clean up, and eventual rebuilding will take years of work... and many expenses these families are facing in this tragedy will not be covered by homeowners insurance! I hope that in some small way, my artwork can do a little something to provide some smlall measure of solace to someone facing such an unimaginable loss.
In more uplifting news, Eaton Canyon itself is showing remarkable resiliance. It is amazing to see that many of the California Live Oak trees that are native to this canyon, and had evolved over centuries to withstand this cycle of rains, drought wildfires, are still standing and still spreading their leafy green canopy over parts over the ashen landscape. The cycle of life continues!
You may view or purchase the original painting in person while it is on exhibit now through March 29 at the Huntington Beach Art Center.
Proceeds from the sale of prints of this artwork will also go to support the
Altadena Rotary Eaton Fire Fund.
Please Click here to purchase prints, t-shirts, coffee mugs or other products with this image, and help support those families who lost their homes in this tragic fire.
This painting depicts beautiful Eaton Canyon in Altadena, as it was after 2023's record winter and spring rainfall. As a native Angeleno approaching my 70th year, I am used to the cycle of multi-year droughts that leave this rugged canyon a parched desert-scape much of the time...but that cycle is followed by some winters that can ofter bring torrential rains , transforming the canyon into magical delight of cascading waterfalls and burbling streams lined with fresh green growth...and wildflowers in the spring.
On January 6th, I was delivering this painting of Eaton Canyon to the Huntington Beach Art Center for an exhibit. How strange that the very next evening, January 7th, at about 6: 25 PM, a devastating wildfire broke out in this same rugged canyon. Over the course of that long night and into the next morning, hurricane force Santa Ana winds blew embers from the fires miles across my home town of Altadena, burning some 6000 homes in this charming, rustic corner of Los Angeles.
The Eaton Fire and the Pacific Palisades fire made national and international news for abour a week or so.... but for those folks who lost their homes and everything in them, the process of EPA clean up, and eventual rebuilding will take years of work... and many expenses these families are facing in this tragedy will not be covered by homeowners insurance! I hope that in some small way, my artwork can do a little something to provide some smlall measure of solace to someone facing such an unimaginable loss.
In more uplifting news, Eaton Canyon itself is showing remarkable resiliance. It is amazing to see that many of the California Live Oak trees that are native to this canyon, and had evolved over centuries to withstand this cycle of rains, drought wildfires, are still standing and still spreading their leafy green canopy over parts over the ashen landscape. The cycle of life continues!