I love the
beach but have never painted a beach scene. It is my first and it’s a great
time of year to be thinking back on summer days. Ugh! Winter hasn’t even
started. I drew the preliminary drawing on site back on a beautiful October
morning then put it aside for a while. I finally got around to finishing it
this week. It was funny, my kids asked me where this nice place was. It is only
the shack we see as we enter the beach, we must have gone by it a hundred
times! I mulled over this landscape the whole summer. I love the play of the
sun on the weathered wood and sand. It turns it into various shades of gold
making the shadows look so rich against it. The blue boat thrown on the side
ready to be taken out, the flora in front. Whoever lives here must really enjoy
this. A true beach lover, with bleached hair and tanned leathery skin, ready to
set sail at a moment’s notice. Someone like me, having to lug everything from
home, has to be benevolently jealous.