" An artist strives
for the ability to see familiar places as if for the first time.
Capitola Village, is a favorite destination for an afternoon drive.
I have friends there, Nanette and I dine with them there;
this charming California coastal village is as familiar as my back
yard; I‘ve even painted it many times.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I ventured
onto the cliffs above Capitola to be greeted by a dazzling new
vista. In the afternoon light, the buildings seemed to glisten like
the Emerald City of Oz.
I returned the following week and set up my
easel at this precise spot. The long wooden pier divides the ocean
into gemstone color swaths – emerald and turquoise. Pinks and blues
shimmer in the town; the cliffs and beach are painted rose by the
setting sun. I was truly seeing Capitola Village as if for the first
time.
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- Thomas Kinkade
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Points of Interest:
1. Capitola is a city located in Santa
Cruz County, California on the coast of Monterey Bay. Steep cliffs mark
access to several popular beaches, including New Brighton Beach, or drop
directly to the rocky shoreline of the Bay. Colorful houses and hotels line
the slopes of the town leading back up to the higher cliff tops.
2. Capitola is known as the oldest beach resort on the West Coast. It is
a quintessential beach town known for its laid-back lifestyle, skateboarding
and surfing. From the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, Capitola Village was well
known for its annual downhill race, The Capitola Classic, a
skateboarding event that drew world class skaters and made its name in
skateboarding history.
3. Capitola is a popular tourist town because of its
trendy shops and restaurants on the shore directly connecting to a fishing
wharf and a large, sandy beach. The area of Aptos, to the east, and the city
of Santa Cruz, to the west, border Capitola.
4. Founded as “Camp Capitola” by Samuel A. Hall in 1874,
Capitola was named for the heroine of The Hidden Hand, a novel by the
popular author E.D.E.N. Southworth, favored by Hall's daughter Lulu.
Capitola Village will be be offered as an 12x16 and 18x24
image. To learn more about Capitola Village, contact your Art of the South Consultant
and they will be happy to help you.
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