Sticking my Neck Out

Out on Little Neck Road, you can get a bit of height from which to look down over the Ipswich River as it finds its way to Ipswich Bay. You can see mud flats at low tide, boats and boaters in motion, the bay off behind a neck of land, and summer cottages crowded there, sticking their necks out to catch the view and breathe in the salt air.

I stuck my neck out this morning to try to capture that view impressionistically. Most fun for me today was to get the huge wide open sky in place in moments and to create dozens of cottages with just a few strokes.

Now I'm itching to paint the scene again with half the strokes and twice the expressionism.

Little Neck Road
6x6", acrylic on gessobord
seascape
2015