Two years ago on my birthday, I went to the Oregon coast to go crabbing for the very first time. The beautiful sights that day inspired me to paint, and now my “Morning Fog Burning Off” has sold at the Freed Gallery in Lincoln City. For me, it’s an image of that wonderful day.
We spent the day crabbing and caught nothing, but it was a great time anyway! At low tide, when the water receded, I walked around with my camera and took the picture that would eventually inspire my painting. I wanted to be able to smell the sea breeze in that picture. I sometimes take trips to the coast, to Cape Meares or Lincoln City, and I always find the rock formations there to be powerful. There’s a certain feeling at the beach that I want to bring home, and regardless of time of day or tide, I want all my seascape paintings to capture that essence.
In April of 2011 that birthday snapshot turned into “Morning Fog Burning Off,” an image of the coast that I sent to Lincoln City for display. Now it is finding another home, hopefully bringing a bit of that ocean air into a new space. It was sold to a Portland home, so I’m thrilled that it is going to be close to me again!
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