Here's a new shot of something I just finished up. We went up to Deception Pass on Whidby Island and found some great agates on the shore there. So that's what inspired this painting. I had a lot of fun working on this one. About half-way through I decided that the composition needed something to make it more interesting, and I came up with the idea to include the group of light-gray rocks to break up the scene. I'm pretty happy with how it came together. I'll probably do more of these. Rocks are so interesting, and have such beautiful and unique features -- it was fun to scale them up and really explore them.
I actually painted most of this painting while doing a live demonstration during the Battle Ground Art Alliance show "Art in the Park". My job was to just sit there all day and paint while people were walking around the show.. which I have no problem doing. Paint all day? My dream. Talk to people about painting? Also my dream. It was a fun day, and got to meet lot's of great people. It doesn't hurt when the painting you're working on is half-way decent too.
