July 22nd, 2014
Near Christmas Cove, Maine
Oil on Canvasboard, 20 x 16 in

Once again, there is too much glare on the painting to get a good photo – I’ll keep trying. Although I generally avoid painting backlight like the plague, this day I saw it as a challenge. the fact that the scene was so beautiful was all the motivation I needed. It was the water especially that caught my eye. Although I see a spot or two I would like to tweak to improve the painting, on the whole I felt it was another successful painting unfortunately executed on a poor quality canvasboard. Once this and the one below have dried, I’ll carefully remove the canvas from the bent up boards and restretch them. I was very happy with the way the water turned out in this one.