Abstract. Sunset

I decided to just paint - quick and easy.  I wanted to see what I would come up with if I painted without over-thinking it.   I used the photo below that I took when Ron and I were at Blue Mountain Beach in Florida back in September.  Here is the photograph:

And here is my painting.  I like it - a lot.  Really, it’s one of my favorites of the paintings I’ve done - something about the colors is so pleasing to me.  I didn't want people in my painting -so I left them out. The beach was so crowded, though, that it was impossible to take a photograph without people in it. I toned the panel with red before I started, and I like the way the red underneath comes through with all the colors. It provides an under-glow that gives the painting vibrancy. 

Blue Mountain Beach Sunset (Florida)

Day’s end at the beach

Burning sun in orange and gold

Fire, sea, and clouds merge