east vs. west

With all due respect I never liked any of the art that comes out of California. I call it the "happy sun syndrome" art requires pain and adversity and character, not sun dappled hills and carmel oceans. I need cold winters of pain and doubt and frozen fingers and dark rivers. I much prefer the east coast schools of art. Here is a sample of a California painting of Carmel. (well done and reasonably executed) compared to an east coast Pennsylvania impressionist painting.