It's become a war of wills in our yard – the warm sunshine up against heaps of solid, almost iceberg-like snow. Spring is surely coming slowly this year, which may be a blessing given the sheer amount of snow and the huge potential for flooding. But my thoughts have already moved to open water. We spent four days last week exploring Door County – there’s always something new to discover – and it was such a glorious sight to see the open waters of Lake Michigan. For those of us raised in the aura of Lake Superior, there is something beguiling about Michigan. While the crystal-clear freshwater is the same, It’s not the familiar “iron ore” color of Superior but rather an amazing blue-green color.
This week’s painting is set in high summer on the waters of Lake Superior. Dreaming of Open Sea, 4” x 6” watercolor, captures a moored sailboat ready to launch out, anytime, into this vast inland sea.
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