Love, Alice

Alice Keck Memorial Gardens is a special place of mine. I often paint there and reflect on its peaceful beauty

This landscape painting is a tribute to Alice Keck who gifted this special garden to Santa Barbara.

Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden has gone through many transitions since the 1860s when it was one of Santa Barbara’s original Plaza Alameda blocks. In 1904, the property was purchased by Mrs. Christian Herter, who built an Italianate-style house on the site. The house was later converted into a hotel called El Mirasol, which was demolished in the 1960s. In 1975, the property was purchased by Alice Keck Park, who gifted the land to the City of Santa Barbara and provided funds for the gardens’ development under the stipulation that the land should remain a park and not be sold to a developer.

"Love, Alice"

Alice Keck Park

11x14

Oil on panel

$650