Hermosa Beach Bus Route, 2026 by Ray Patrick — original gouache painting — 2026.093.022

Subject

An orange bus crossing from the left under a tall bank of cumulus, with parked cars, a utility pole and a low parade of buildings along a wide street.

Composition

The bus occupies the left third and is cropped by the edge, which gives it the feeling of moving through rather than posing. The cloud rises directly above the empty right half and balances it; the road runs out flat along the bottom.

Palette

Violet-blue sky with white and pewter cloud. The bus is cadmium orange and is the only saturated colour in the picture; the road and buildings are khaki, taupe and olive.

Handling

The cloud is laid in flat dabs with their edges showing; the bus is a single flat orange mass with its windows struck in afterwards as dark dashes. The cars are two or three strokes each.

Medium and support

Gouache on paper. Matte and opaque. Unpainted margins all round.

Signature

Along the lower edge, raypatrick, in orange over the road, letters widely spaced.