South Forest Beach - New painting from Hilton Head

While the kids played in the water, and built sand castles, I took a bit of time to work on a plein air painting of the beach. It's remarkable to observe how the sky changes throughout the day. In the morning the sky was perfectly clear, then as the day progressed, clouds formed on the horizon to the south east, and then relentlessly took over the sky.

I love painting out of doors, especially in a public place. I got to meet several folks, who were walking by, or riding bikes on the beach. There's something about painting on location that breaks down social barriers. I like that.

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"Steps to the Beach" Recent painting from Hilton Head

This past week my family had the pleasure of going down to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina for a vacation. The company was fantastic (we vacationed with Hal and Stephanie Brown and family) and the weather was very nice. We got in lots of relaxing and playing in the sand and surf.

The house that we stayed in was wonderful - spacious, elegant and graciously appointed, and literally "steps to the beach." I painted a small work (8.5 x 13 inches) on gessoed watercolor paper, of the view down the boardwalk to the beach. The images show the progression and development of the painting, from the gesture to the finished piece. (Actually, in reverse order.)

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