Another great summer in Long Beach Island, NJ! I found inspiration in the local businesses and the bay-didn’t make it to the shore once! The beaches there are really nice, but I don’t see the point of depicting something that looks like it could be a beach anywhere else.
When you’re in a Plein Air festival, it’s best if you can spend a night or two on location.
Bowkers’s Holiday and Melina were conveniently located 2 blocks from each other so I was able to catch enough of both spots at just the right time in the evening. Boost was my lead -off painting, and I liked it so much, I didn’t want to sell it. (but I did). It’s part of a Log Flume ride that was set free from its place in Casino Pier in Seaside Heights by Hurricane Sandy and washed up on Long Beach Island. It traveled 40 miles! My friend Brian restored it and it sits proudly at the entrance to his Holiday Snack Bar. Fishery Truck was painted on site, (lettering done in studio). Jude and Mike from the Fishery came to check out my work, and brought me a water!
I also met the owner of the Melina, he’s very proud of his boat and what it’s capable of. I met his wife while I was painting Boost, told her the boat was next on my list-had no idea I was talking to the owners wife! Small World!
