Watercolor Paintings of Land and Sea

The Roxy Music song pretty much sums up how I feel after participating in the plein-air painting competition Paint Annapolis 2010—over the course of three days I produced 17 paintings.

The short time period was jammed with an intensity of painting from sunrise until sunset, meeting exceptionally talented and interesting artists, setting and struggling toward personal challenges and experiencing the emotional highs and lows of the artistic process. The icing on the cake was an opening reception where each of 30 juried artists hung two paintings for a total of 60 works of art.

I received great encouragement and feedback from my fellow painters and the general public, improved my painting and process and ultimately learned more about myself and abilities.

As Bryan Ferry sings:
And the backgrounds fading
Out of focus
Yes the picture changing
Every moment
And your destination
You don’t know it
Avalon