Falling Tide, Monaco

There has been a lot of rain over the past two days, and we have had a full moon. Hence a very high spring tide that went over the road in places. By the time our group arrived at the end of the peninsular the tide was starting to fall and the clouds to clear.

One of the advantages of painting at a particular location over several years is that you can pretty well anticipate what the weather and tides will do. Sure enough, as I started with the sky, the blue steadily increased, and by the time I reached sea level the tide had retreated sufficiently to give me a nice beach.

The dinghy that had been floating offshore was now beached and the rocks were starting to show. What had started out as a not very promising subject had developed into a reasonable composition.



15066. "Falling Tide, Monaco". Oil on panel. 8x10 in. $150

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