Guana Sky
11 x 14

Just got back from the Crescent Beach Paint Out 2009.  Great time.  Crescent Beach is just south of St. Augustine.  I got to stay in a nice beachfront condo and got to paint everyday.   Full time artists don't know how good they have it.  Well they probably don't get to stay in beachfront condos, but they do get to paint everyday.   A paint out is a plein air painting event with a bunch of other artists.  Everyone goes out and tries to create their best work.  At the end of the week the art work is exhibited. 

The above painting was done at Guana State Park.  It is just north of St. Augustine on A1A and south of Ponte Vedra.  A beautiful and wild place.  I hiked about a mile through old Florida woods (jungle) to the intercoastal waterway and did this painting and three others.  For this one I walked out to the end of an oyster bank and put my hands up and framed in this big sky.   It's a different composition but I went with it and I really liked the way it turned out.  I got some nice comments from a number of artists which is always nice.   It was a great week.  Artist, by and large, are just nice and fun people.  And getting to paint everyday, all day, well it doesn't get any better than that.  Here's a link to the website for the paint out: www.Crescentbeachpaintout.com

Check it out.

Thanks for looking.