January 30th, 2017
Oil on Canvasboard, 18 x 24 in

I was full of turmoil and was teaching a painting student. I couldn’t stand to paint the still life the student was painting so decided to work from a picture in my head. I needed to be at my lake. So I struggled to mix the colors that brought the memory and mood to mind. At one point I realized I had a small photo of the approximate scene on my phone, so periodically I referred to that for a tone I wasn’t hitting. Mostly from memory and very emotion driven. The student liked it and bought it, so I left it there.