On a creative roll

.I came across several miscellaneous sized scraps of wood

while picking up about the cottage

and as a happy diversion I began gessoing them.

I wasn't really clear as to what I was going to create

or use them for

but it is always good to be prepared

for when the muse arrives.

Maybe it was because there was so much attention

to the size of the 10 foot waves

pounding our local coastline last week,

or because I look out upon it each day

and still I am in awe of its immensity

and how it seems to go on forever.

I began painting ocean scenes

one after another...

with no horizon line or shoreline

just scenes of forever ...

of course I realize acrylic paintings

are not supposed to be matted

or put behind glass

in shadow box frames.

But that is exactly what I chose to do.

Who makes up the rules anyway ?

They would probably be most distressed

to find out that much of the detail on the paintings

was accomplished with a wooden barbecue skewer !