Morning Miami Painting

Visiting my son at Miami University we stayed in an apartment overlooking David T Kennedy Park, the bay and marina at Coconut Grove. This view is inspired by heavy clouds rolling across the sky at sunrise, as viewed from our balcony. I have tried to capture that sense of calm before a storm and the heavy humid atmosphere of early mornings, just before the start of hurricane season. As a qualified RYA skipper it was important to include the yatchs and masts which provide strong foreground verticals, emphasising the depth across the bay to Key Biscayne. The subject matter and image lends itself to the rich treatment that oil paint provides with the foreground palms modelled in pigment contrasting with the smooth oily quality of the early morning sunlit sea, all on a scale and canvas size which provides a visual impact whever the painting hangs.