Harbor Morning

Harbor Morning
Oil on panel, 11x14
Egg Harbor, WI
Door County Plein Air

Early in the morning, we headed out to Egg harbor, straight across the peninsula from where we were staying at Kangaroo Lake.  This was my very first paint for the week.  We arrived before the crowds and traffic, while the waters were still.  The weather was SO much cooler up there than in Missouri, more like a fall day than the last week of July!  Cool winds blew in off the water, relaxing me with every soft touch.  It is so tranquil painting by the water - so peaceful are the ripples along the beach.  The pale yellow hollyhocks in the foreground seemed to have grown up out of the rocks as volunteers.  They are everywhere up here, as if the seeds blow in the wind into wild locations.  The sailboats in the distance rocked peacefully to and fro.  What a wonderful place this is to paint!  I only wish I had more time!  This is my 209th painting in as many days :)