Saturday, August 09, 2008

Watercolor - Ponce Inlet Lighthouse

I had a good time at the Maitland Art Center pARTicipation event. All were happy with their portraits and they had fun watching me paint.

Back at the studio, I wanted to paint something other than a portrait. Digging through my reference photos several of the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse spoke to me in only the way images speak to artists.

I have spent many years on the beach at Ponce Inlet (named after Ponce De Leon) within the sight of this lighthouse...fond childhood memories.

So here it is, something other than a face: