This is the kind of painting that tells a story. I was looking at one of the photos I took during a Maine coastline visit, and started to once again feel the sea air, the sound of the gulls and the creek of wooden vessels against the docks. I began to experience and feel it once again, and aimed to convey that with my paint. Not tell you how the photographed looked, but rather how it felt to be there. This is how I approach subjects. I need to impress the feelings of how the subject affected me onto the canvas. What I don't attempt, is to reiterate the obvious.
So this painting tells of the sea, the sky the fishing boats and the vitality of the goings on, in this active little harbor. I used the paint freely and energetically to channel these feeling through.
I hope you too, can feel the moment here in this salty cove via my painting.
