Monday, August 3, 2015

Time flies!
It's hard to believe that three months have gone by since I last posted the entries for the gallery show. Now it is time to submit new entries. Three of the last group are still at the gallery. The ducks sold quickly to a nice English lady from London and New York. Perhaps I will revisit them at a later date.

Again, two of the three new entries are from last November's sailing trip around Spain and Portugal.
The Jazz Singer is based on some entertainers that we enjoyed on the yacht. The lovely voice and the poise of the young singer along with the artistry of her pianist father made for some very pleasant evenings. The feeling I was aiming for was enjoyment of good entertainment without the need for  extraneous fancy special effects.

The second one from that trip Training Ride portrays a couple of bicyclists that I spotted on a coastal road in Spain.
I was taken by their matching outfits and the symmetry of their pedaling. I assumed that they must be part of a team or club and were training for an upcoming event.






 
The other entry came from this side of the Atlantic. While attending a wedding in Miami Beach a few months ago, we found ourselves with a few hours to kill on a rather warm afternoon. So, we decided to sit by the hotel's pool and relax. As I was leaning back on a lounge chair I turned toward the wading pool and spotted a group of decidedly not children cooling off in the water. The were having some rather animated conversations and the incongruity of the scene struck me as a likely humorous painting. I call this one Confab at the kiddie pool.