“Manasquan Sunrise” – Acrylics on canvas, 13 3/4″ x 10 3/4″
This was painted from a photo taken at sunrise in July 2016 in Manasquan, NJ. It was painted on canvas primed with white gesso in acrylics (white, black, red, green, blue, yellow, and burnt sienna). I spent about 3 hours on it. Much of the sky and foundation colors were done with a 2″ brush, and detail work with a chisel-edged 1″ brush. A rigger and other brushes were used as needed. It was necessary to wet the canvas quite a bit at first, and continue to wet the brush or thin the paint for sky and water.