Red Boats Visiting Digby

Red Boats Visiting Digby, 14 x 21", watercolour

June 2010

Now Available at Bluefin in Digby

The title of this painting is in response to the gentleman who was viewing cards made of my first red boats painting. He stated, "those aren't Digby boats" Perhaps he thought that I was taking some artistic lisence. However, the thing about boats, is that they float, and move around. For whatever reason, those boats came up to the Digby wharf in December of 2007. They belong to the fleet of Mr Kenney who operates from the wharves of Westport on Brier Island. Regardless of where they came from, the line of the bright red boats against the dull colours of a December day caught my eye. I have painted these boats before but this painting is composed a little bit differently.

Another viewer had commented on the last painting that it bothered him that he could not see the top of the wharf. So I painted the one above to see how I liked it with sight of the sky above the wharf. Here is the older painting...

Red Boats, watercolour, 9 x 30", 2008

Private Collection

Visually I find the top of the wharf distracting. Maybe it is the fish shack in the extreme upper right that bothers me. I think I should have left it out or moved it closer to the center. I could have added more vehicles to balance it, but I did not want to fuss. I shall just learn what I can from this one and move on.

So what do you think about the two paintings? Leave a comment and tell me what you think.

Plein air painting now on ebay

Fishing Boats, plein air, 7 x 10 inches, August 2009, watercolor

Here is an older work, from last August, that has SOLD on ebay.

Morning Wharf II

Morning Wharf II, 20 x 30", watercolour, April 2009, $990

One morning earlier this spring I was driving through downtown and as always had half an eye on the boats at the wharf. There were heavy clouds breaking up with bright sunshine sneaking in under them and spotlighting one white fishing boat. I have done my best to do justice to the scene.