#27: "Still Waters" watercolor, 15" x 11"

I still have boats on the brain. It really was such a beautiful, peaceful evening! The Ray for the Day is "Still Waters". You can enlarge these little paintings by clicking on them.

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#25: "Peaceful Reflection", watercolor, 22" x 15"

Last evening The Wednesday Night Painters (I've been painting with this group for nearly 10 years!) met at the Wooden Boat Center. The late afternoon was warm, calm and peaceful.  The serene mood, beautiful shadows, and wonderful reflection of this beautiful rowboat captured my attention. It felt great standing in the sun and painting this scene. I just thought of another title, Rhapsody in Blue. In this painting my color palette is more restricted than usual. I kept wanting to add more color, but the painting wouldn't let me do it.  My plein air painting, Peaceful Reflection is the Ray for the Day.

#13: "Tea in Sydney Harbor (in Wasa's cockpit)" 15" x 11"

Today I am continuing with a series of paintings called "Sea Stories". In September I will be featured artist at Parklane Gallery in Kirkland. I am doing a very personal series about a 3 year sailing journey I was on. I returned from that journey 20 years ago this Fall. It is time I commemorated that adventure. I have also written a number of stories about that very amazing experience. I will be self-publishing those stories with some illustrations from this series of paintings. This is a scene from the cockpit of the sailing yacht Wasa while we were anchored in Sydney Harbor. The Ray for today is 15" x 11".