Artist: Thomas Kinkade
Title: La Jolla Cove
Size: 16" x 20"
Edition: Artist Handsigned and Numbered Limited Edition to 295 S/N
About the Art : La Jolla Cove is a very small beach, tucked between adjacent sandstone cliffs. It is located in the La Jolla ecological preserve which means no harm can be done to any plant or animal within it. A great variety of marine life can be found in the waters off La Jolla. Due to its extraordinary beauty, La Jolla Cove is one of the most photographed beaches in Southern California. La Jolla Cove has some of the clearest water of all San Diego beaches and visibility can exceed thirty feet, making it ideal for scuba diving and snorkeling. Set in picturesque La Jolla, California, the Cove offers many interesting reef areas, caves and kelp. The underwater canyons and kelp beds provide some of the most breathtaking shore dives in the San Diego area, making it one of the most renowned dive sites in San Diego. It is a great place for underwater photographers, videographers, deep divers and night divers alike. There is an abundance of marine life at La Jolla Cove, mostly because it is part of the La Jolla Park Ecological Reserve, so no hunting of any kind is permitted. The marine biodiversity is partially sustained by the nutrient-rich water, which is the result of upwelling from the nearby La Jolla Submarine Canyons. A number of harbor seals frequent the area and will occasionally join people on their dive. Sometimes the seals will come in close to take a peek at them, other times they just zoom by them, seemingly to prove who the better swimmer is. In 1887, the area surrounding La Jolla Cove was called “La Jolla Park.” On October 18, 1927, the park was renamed Ellen Browning Scripps Park in recognition of the contributions that she made to Scripps and La Jolla. La Jolla Cove is a very popular destination, not just with divers, but also tourists, locals, sightseers and many others.
From Thom: La Jolla Cove reminds me that my whole artistic adventure hasn’t really taken so very long. This romantic vista brings me back over twenty-five years, when Nanette and I used to travel to my very first few galleries in a pick-up truck complete with camper shell which doubled as a motel room. One of my first major galleries was in La Jolla, the picturesque home of such famous writers as Ted Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss). When we went to La Jolla for a show, or simply to present new work, we most often camped at the very romantic Cove. I promised myself then that I’d return with my paints and canvas, and now I have. La Jolla Cove presents a very romantic sunset. Radiant light bathes the clouds and paints the sea a luminous turquoise; it gilds the smooth rocks with a silver sheen. The graceful palms are the same ones that saluted Nanette and I twenty-five years ago.