Monday, June 28, 2021

Six Seabirds

 

Six Seabirds

24 in. x 12 in., 

Acrylic on canvas    

$300 unframed


A few weeks ago I sat watching the tide recede from Crescent Beach in Wells, Maine, with sketchbook and camera in my lap.  The wind was a bit stiff, the sky was all roily and the retreating tide undressed this hulking monolith on which the birds loitered and chatted, all in a row.  

This was a fun low-light painting to build from moody colors in the atmosphere, down to the glossy beach, the surf-drenched rocks, and of course, the gaggle of wet cormorants atop their salty outpost.  This is a tall painting, one foot wide by two feet tall, bigger than this blog format makes it appear.


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