Imagine yourself walking on the sand as you cut between the dunes to take a walk on the beach. There is something about the sand between your toes and gently blowing sea ats that evoke a warm feeling inside. The blue ocean and gently rolling waves await you. Come roll your jeans up and dip your toes in the warm water. The serene cloudless sky is a beautiful blue with a warm sunny horizon is only slightly visible but it draws you into the painting. The sand dunes have soft beige and blue gray tones with touches of warm colors here and there. I have so many wonderful childhood memories of running and rolling down the sand dunes on Padre Island. They are a marvelous sight to see, and are one of my favorite things to paint.
I put my last three oil paintings in an assembly line to paint the sides. I often take over the dining room table to perform this task. The painting in the middle is based on our trip up to Watercolor Beach, FL with Chula, our dog. I think I will call it "I Only Have Eyes for You". John was focused on Chula and not the beautiful woman who rode by on the sunlit sidewalk next to a stream. I knew when I took this photo, that I would capture that moment on a canvas one day. I miss our little Chula. She loved to go on trips with us. I also painted this glistening waterlily painting based on a Florida marsh at sunset. The carnival of colors are delightful and memorizing. I am a big fan of Monet and can see his influence in the way I paint my waterlily paintings. I remember visiting an art museum and admiring one of his waterlily paintings. I asked the curator why the edges still had white canvas ...