When painting with the Wednesday Painters in Boothbay Harbor last week, we were positioned near the iconic bridge house on the footbridge across Boothbay Harbor. Everybody was painting the bridge house, but I turned to my right to the end of the harbor and saw the old clapboard houses with their sides lit up by the early morning light. Try as I might to paint the building that is more identifiable with Boothbay Harbor, I kept coming back to the light on the side of those other structures.
So, I painted them. And when I was finished, not one, but two people wanted to buy it!
More often than not, these days when I arrive at a painting location, I look around to see what really appeals to me, not what should appeal to me. If I go with my gut instinct, I think I have more invested in the experience of painting.
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