Painting Ten - The Fish Pier

When I was in high school many moons ago I worked after school  for a company called Yankee Lobster at the Fish Pier in Southie.  I used to assemble and stencil styrofoam boxes in which lobsters would be shipped all over the World.  I loved that job, especially the sounds and smells of the water, the seagulls and old rusty boats with their hoists and lines.  I used to hang out the window for hours breathing in the salt air.  I never imagined that someday I would get the opportunity to enjoy this feeling again.  Today was that day.  I took my bike out as far as I could go out near the World Trade Center.  No one around but me and the birds.  It was hot which prompted hotter colors than I usually use but I still only used the four paints I told you about: Thalo blue, Permanent rose, Lemon yellow and Paynes gray.  Once again I drew with my rigger and just had fun laying in washes and lines in an abstract manner.  It takes a while to get to this point where you can improvise with water color but it is very satisfying when you do. What a country!

 

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