In Ventura, about 20 years ago, a company, appropriately called The Yellow Umbrella Company, rented these umbrellas, and the shade beneath the umbrellas, during the summer months.
What I loved, and still do, is how it gave the beach an other worldly look, like Christo visited for the weekend and had some time to fill.
This was created with a consumer digital camera, a Leica D Lux, and then painted in Painter.
It’s a strong graphic, almost abstract image, with bold colors, that still has a feeling of tranquility and wonder.