Today's much bigger acrylic painting

There's a bit of distortion, and a colour shift here, but perhaps this will convey the idea? The saturation is a lot higher than this in the actual painting, so I'll do some editing before posting it on my web page. Squeezing big paintings into a small format is always problematic.

Today's little painting.

Working Dory: AS seen at the Fisheries Museum Wharf in Lunenburg. There are lots more about as the Fishermen's International Dory Races are in the offing next month. None of these is equipped with that neat rope bumper (blue-green) at the stern and they don't travel with a heavy burden of hemp rope as seen here.

Am currently working with fairly large canvases so am throwing in some small sketches, like this one, to make it seem as if I am making progress. I still manage to get out to the waterfront each day, although global warming seems to have brought with it the promised increase in rainfall and that doesn't help the plein air movement nor my spirits. Getting about two days of intermittent sunshine per week. Not typical of the past.

Old Schooner For Sale

Captain Georgy McEvoy, who rescued the "Sherman Zwicker" from destruction back in 1969 is now offering her for sale. She was the last Grand Banker built in Lunenburg and her appearance there as one of several visiting tall ships was a bit of a promotional. He says, "This boat belongs up north - to bring it to Newfoundland or Lunenburg are probably the most meaningful. I feel it belongs in Nova Scotia..." I do hope it does sell here as our own Theresa E. Connor is a great floating museum but not a sea-going example of this type of craft.