We went up into the Laguna Mountains east of San Diego for an afternoon of hiking and painting. The campgrounds are all closed because of coronavirus, but the hiking trails are open. We walked a mile or so along a gorgeous path, feeling the forest around us. At the top of a hill we suddenly had a view of the water and cell towers above the path and our fellow hikers. The incongruity of it all reminded me of Simon Stalenhag’s art, and I had to give his style a try.