60.  Original Plein Air Watercolor Painting, “Plein Air, 1:30-2:45pm, Waves with receding tide and sun to overcast, Sea Lion Rocks, Point Arena, 9.18.24”, watercolor, 22 x 30”, 2024

Location: Mendocino, CA

Event: Mendocino Open Paint Out

Event Awards: Best In Show - Watercolor

This work was very challenging and developed my respect for working from and around the sea. The tide was going out, the sun was being hidden by fog, and even the waves were in flux, diminishing. When the scene is moving but the media is static, what do you do? Well, you do what you can, as you can do it. With scenes like this I can tell that every time I go out I learn a little bit more about the visual conditions of the world.