This painting took years to come to the 'drawing board,' as the reference photo was taken long ago in Maine. A group of artists and I had chartered a fishing boat to take us to Vinalhaven Island, and off we went into horrendous fog. Thank goodness for sonar or radar (I’m not a boat person) and the captain who knew the waters for there were a lot of protruding rocks near shore. After several hours of navigating through the heavy veil, it finally started to lift, and lo and behold, our waterborne friend appeared, trolling very slowly to her destination. Watercolor lends itself beautifully to this type of subject matter, with the fusion of the foggy atmosphere being fairly easy to achieve here.
This painting took years to come to the 'drawing board,' as the reference photo was taken long ago in Maine. A group of artists and I had chartered a fishing boat to take us to Vinalhaven Island, and off we went into horrendous fog. Thank goodness for sonar or radar (I’m not a boat person) and the captain who knew the waters for there were a lot of protruding rocks near shore. After several hours of navigating through the heavy veil, it finally started to lift, and lo and behold, our waterborne friend appeared, trolling very slowly to her destination. Watercolor lends itself beautifully to this type of subject matter, with the fusion of the foggy atmosphere being fairly easy to achieve here.