Mabel Sumerlin: Desert Highway, highly impressionistic scene with a highway, a man, a fire, vegetation that has the color of California poppy. Beautiful blue sky with clouds. Framed, 19" x 22", art size 11" x 14". Oil on board. A painter of California landscapes including historical buildings still lifes and portraits, Mabel Sumerlin was born in San Diego and remained there during most of her life. She studied locally with Charles Fries and Nicolai Fechin, and for many years had a studio in Balboa Park. She exhibited with the San Diego Art Guild, the San Diego Fine Art Gallery and the California State Fair. She was married in 1900 to Howard Sumerlin. Mabel Sumerlin died July 8, 1956 in San Diego. Source: Edan Hughes, “Artists in California, 1786-1940”