On a recent visit to San Diego I went down to the waterfront where the battleships are stationed and came upon this amazing sculpture entitled "Unconditional Surrender". It was amazing in beauty, size and style.

The “kissing sailor” statue is 25 feet tall, weighs 6,000 pounds and is called “Unconditional Surrender,” by J. Seward Johnson, although the city of San Diego has officially labeled it the “Embracing Peace” statue. It's not far from the Maritime Museum and the other attractions along the harbor.

I grabbed my painting gear and painted this plein air piece on site and will be working on a studio version of it soon.

This is a 9" x 12" original oil painting and comes unframed.