Deim’s The Beach Picnic is a portrait of the Cannery Row crowd in Monterey, California. Among the picnickers are John Steinbeck, the kneeling figure lighting the fire, Ed Rickets (bearded) and reclining with a beer in hand, Deim playing the guitar, looks down at Rickets.
Featured Image: Judith Deim [Barbara Stevenson] The Beach Picnic (1936), oil on canvas. National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, CA