Oil on Canvas

18” x 40”

At this point the Carmel River empties into the ocean.  In his 1945 novel “Cannery Row” John Steinbeck wrote:  “The Carmel is a lovely little river.  It isn’t very long but in its course it has everything a river should have.”  On the other side of the beach is the ocean, which is also lovely, and has everything an ocean should have.