Sharing the Sea

Let's call him Mark.  From Michigan.  He was visiting the beach in Florida during an icy cold winter that never wanted to end, way north in Michigan.  I happened to be planted on the beach with my easel and paints and a few painting friends.  He was pretty enthralled at us all painting and kept coming around.  He just "knew"  we were painting him!  

I finally asked him if he would like me to paint him in the scene.  Of course he did!  I asked him to go by the water.  He did.  He just stood there.  Now, that was not very poetic like.  Looked too much like a photograph.  I told him to turn around and point at something.  He did.

That is how I painted him.  I added a woman that he later went and sat next to, whom I figured was his wife.  He had to be showing somebody something, right?  I will let that be to your imagination.

Figures in a painting draw you in.  Maybe this was you?  Just put your name on the person.  The beach and water are full of surprises.  Perhaps a dolphin, or a manatee, or a huge ship was dancing on the water...

This is a good sized painting with bright, honest colors.  You will see it from across the room.  Grab it fast!