ST Mary's Conquest, 24 x 12

An exciting day that had its trials and tribulations, not least of which was the unexpected departure of the "St Mary's Conquest" from her berth in the dock, about 2 hours after I began my painting. The following four hours were spent working on the dockside and reconfiguring the idea to be focussed more on the chain link fence, which I now have to draw if I can stay awake tonight.

Masthead, Sister Bay

The evening sunset painting in Sister Bay is always a bit of a worrisome affair for me as Im not really one for a sunset. So I looked up instead of out and painted a very quick masthead with a flag before it got too dark and way too chilly. This painting gave me a neck ache like never before.

It needs more contrast and much more maple tree on the right.

Me in a field by John Gremmer

This was emailed to me today by photographer, John Gremmer. Thanks John for capturing the scale of the moment so well. I was hundreds of yards from the road (where I think this photograph was taken), and from the buildings and from any kind of shade. But what a great place to sit and soak up Wisconsin for 6 or 7 hours!