Update:
I went to Calgary and installed the commission paintings for my clients and they’ve sent pictures and a note:

“We are certainly most happy with how things turned out… for the painting, for the event, and now for your wedding!  Here are a few images of the picture on our wall…”                Mike & Dianne

I finally finished this commission piece. I will be going to Calgary on the 20th of Oct to hang it and to be present at the “unveiling”. Yikes – sounds very grand!

I only did the finishing bits on the painting yesterday, so will wait a few days for it to dry before I varnish it with retouch varnish.

I wasn’t happy with the seaweed and ended up adding a few rocks in the front to shove the seaweed back a bit. I think I made to much detail in the weed originally so needed to create some depth. The tree leaning forward like that brings your eye directly into the painting and allows your eyes to rest on the sand which then takes you to the waters edge. Personally I could sit and look at this painting for hours. I find it restful yet dynamic. The movement in the sky and mountains compliment the horizontal direction of the sand. Most of the direction in the painting of the logs leads ones eye into the scene.

The palette will compliment the clients existing colour scheme and should satisfy their need for bold colour.

The three panels are anchored together by the ocean which remains constant throughout the piece. The only difference being the height of where the water was painted on all three panels. All in all I am very very pleased with the outcome.

Instead of marring the front of each panel and breaking the flow with my signature I chose to sign on the side of each piece. These are wraps and signing on the side makes perfect sense to me.

elissa anthony ~ living large in Bowser BC