Plein Air at Torrey Pines

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day - perfect for plein air painting in San Diego County.  I took a 1-day workshop at Torrey Pines State Park - in the morning we painted a view of the coastline and, after lunch, we painted a view of Penasquitos Marsh looking toward the Torrey Pines headland.  I will post a photo of the view and then my painting.  For me, painting is about my expression of what I see - I do not want to ever do a photo realtistic painting - I can take a photograph for that.  I want to express what I am feeling when I look at my subject matter.  As you can see, I infused the scene with a lot of color . . .
so, first the photo:

now, my painting:

Linda