Hope's Art Journey

One of the reasons we moved back to Clermont was because of the devastation of hurricane Matthew a year ago.  Yikes!  Here we are in central Florida and Irma's eye came right through here.  We are fine and the property survived.  There was a huge mess in our yard and we will probably lose a couple of oak trees but no flooding.  I feel badly for the people of St. Augustine and Flagler Beach who have gone through the flooding again.  

Anyway, I finished this painting before the storm.  I had a painting that did not work at 24 x 36 and thought I could salvage the top of it. So, I cut the canvas down and restretched the top to 14 x 24.  Since I had some lovely colors left from my large marsh painting, I thought I could add some beach and lighten the sky.  That I did and basically painted the whole thing over.  It is always fun to try.  I had some problems with the paint and palette when I started.  There must have been some oil in the sink I soaked my paper in which created a resist to the acrylic paint.  Lesson learned - always scrub the utility sink before soaking the paper.  Especially since it is a shared sink and you don't know what was there before.

Bottom line is that it was worth the try and I like the painting.  I was leaning toward a minimal, moody feeling and decided not to put in figures or birds.  We'll see how I feel about that down the line.