April 28th, 2014
Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester MA
Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in
(sold)

When I went to the beach to paint with the posse the plan was to paint the dunes – but as it happens, if I am anywhere near water, I have to be looking at the water. Painting dunes won’t do. Plus, there were two huge Grand Pyrenees and five Huskies and several other dogs – and they were hanging out at the beach. I always want to be where the dogs are. So I painted this – when I arrived the sun was out and the sky was mostly blue – but over the course of the three hours I was there, the clouds came and covered up the blue. When it’s sunny on Cape Ann there’s this rosy light – which is why my sand is pinker than the sand in the photo. Photo sand was after the sun went in. A few things I’ll tweak but on the whole, a much better day than yesterday and I’ll take it.