This was from a photo taken over some sand flats at East Beach on the eastern end of Galveston Island. What interested me about this view was the tiny speck of sun on the horizon and the immense black-appearing clouds. The effect of sunlight on clouds is endlessly varied and fascinating. I have since returned to this painting and painted over the land "stripes" with a darker color that blends better. The stripes were meant to represent ridges or furrows in the ground, but they are too pronounced. In the revised version, with a less busy foreground, the sun speck is more of a focal point; here, it just sort of disappears (you probably didn't even notice it!). I will edit to add the revised version when I have a photo of it. (No. 28, 6x6", on Gessobord, Sept. 21, 2012)
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