November 30th, 2013
Half Moon Beach, Gloucester MA
Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16 in

As usual the day after a painting day, this is a lousy photo taken in low light. Saturday was a cold day, and my perch on top a big granite boulder in the ocean wind did nothing to remedy the fact. I painted until my hands were so cold I could no longer hold my knife. The view that had taken me when I arrived was of the dark shore & boulder offset by a few brilliant twinkles of sunlight on the water, but as the day wore on the sun went in and the colors came out. I decided to try and key it back to when the sun was out and the land was in shadow, but there are a few things I still need to fix. The next two weeks I may not post (though I hope I do) as I’ll be manning my “open studio” all weekend long, Dec 7-8 and Dec 14-15.