8" x 10" oil on board
My wife, Sarah, and I just celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. This painting is based on a photo from our 5th wedding anniversary down in Nelson County, VA. I think I snapped the photo as we were leaving the bed and breakfast on our way home from a weekend of hiking and wine drinking. We're celebrating our 15th at the Inn On Tabbs Creek, on the East River in Mathews, Va., near the Chesapeake Bay. We're going to an oyster roast and then spending a day out on the boat, hopefully catching some speckled trout and rockfish.
I haven't been painting from photos a lot, lately, but I wanted to try a new technique, which was turning the reference photo upside down while painting. The idea is to think more about shapes and warm vs. cool instead of painting things like mountains and trees. I think it worked! I can feel the morning when I look at it and that was my main goal.
Speaking of new things; I'm on Instagram! I hate it and I'm already totally addicted and can't stop staring at my phone, but at least it's a good way to get visibility. Here's a link:
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