My latest painting was painting for my wife. The image is presented below and consists of a girl picking up sea-shells. For this painting the sky, the waves, the beach, the shells, her hair, her clothes and the had were all quite challenging. I guess that I am trying to say that it was quite a challenging painting, but I feel that I did capture the essence and that most of the elements jells together. It is interesting that the hat forms such a focal point that draws your eye. I once again learnt that it was the deep contracts that gives depth and definition to the painting.
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