A Dancelike state.

Beautiful things happen when you can dance with the 'chaos' that's before your eyes, the busy beaches, lots of movement, colors.

Parasols & Colors.

Harsh light. Strong light on a white parasol. I love that.

Often you'll see many more parasols on a beach, looking left, right, a...

A Summer Day & Parasol.

Lots of busy activity in Summer. People talking, kiting, walking. 

Waves crashing, sun burning. 

I wrote before painting th...

Chaotic Compositions.

This could be an example of harmony that's probably not shown in any textbook 'how-to-paint', but if it works, it works.
I canno...

Seascape 'Beautiful Grey Day Kids in the Shoreline'.

Sparkling bits and pieces, movement, winds and water, children at the shoreline, birds.

M m m. ...

Natural Tones.

Here I decided to not get the bright colored seawater in, instead, I was aiming for a more natural total.

SSU23-2015 Seascape Plein...

Evening Water Colors.

Here I worked fast to get that swift-moving evening light in. All of these fractions of warm colors towards the left, shade mov...

Water, Afternoon Light, and Shades of Trees.

Movement of light, figures, waves, or anything, and painting it from life:
I think whenever you have the...

Light Moves.

Everything moves, the people, the light, the water, waves, the colors, shades. I love this about painting pleinair.

Don't fear it. Embr...

Strong Backlight in the Afternoon.

Fascinating and hard to paint that afternoon harsh backlight.
But a pleasure when it works out!

Also I like the sk...