2025 Surf Art Calendar - Paul Strahm
2025 Surf Art Calendar
February
“Windansea Beach”
By: Paul Strahm
STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE
From the artist: I have been working full-time as a professional artist since 1997. Concentrating on painting in the open air has taken me to some of the world's most beautiful places. WindanSea beach along with the historic lifeguard "shack" has been an inspiration for artists and surfers for generations. My inspiration is to tell a story, through my painting, of San Diego's culture with its unique natural beauty.
ARTIST BIO
SAN DIEGO-based plein air painter, Paul Strahm, brings out the FINE in America’s FINEST City in his vivid, internationally collected paintings. Each image is thoughtfully painted to capture the landscape, lifestyle of the area, and its people. Viewing this fine artist’s work will pull you into the scene —again and again — offering you memories that last a lifetime.
Strahm’s passion for painting began when he was young, as did his love for the outdoors. His rural Ohio upbringing allowed him to intimately explore nature on his family’s country farm. After high school, Paul attended Youngstown State University where he studied art and became fascinated with the French Impressionist painter, Paul Cezanne. Cezanne’s study of nature — through his paintings — influenced Strahm and he began to emulate Cezanne’s natural hues and his love of “plein air” painting. Not long after receiving his fine arts degree in painting, Paul moved west to San Diego, a climate very similar to Cezanne’s favorite haunts in the south of France.
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