16x20
Oil on Linen
Yesterday the wind was blowing from the Northeast and the sky was cloudy gray. Not a perfect day to be painting outside, so getting out of the wind was the first goal. Down a sandy path shielded by some beautiful live oaks, I found a rusty old crab shack and its owner's Privateer waiting for a load of pots. Squeezing my easel in between an old broken down freezer truck and a stack of rusting drum barrels, I was able to rough this scene in before having to finish it up at home.
Off the beaten path in coastal Northeastern North Carolina, setting up for a plein air painting can be a little hairy without first introducing yourself and breaking the ice a little with an explanation of what you are doing - especially among commercial fishermen. You definitely don't want to get out of your vehicle and immediately start snapping photos and looking at the subjects through the square that you made with your thumbs and index fingers. Painters need to keep their fingers attached.
