"Good one Donald...like the drama of sun setting on Shark River"

"Thanks Lindy, yes the trawler you refer to is up for scraped bottom in an unusually tidy boat yard but that may be due to the fact that it is in Northern Germany near the border of Denmark! I used a ruling  pen (architects drafting tool) …"

"Love your work. Strong well drawn with an added mystical quality that good watercolor can bring."

"Up for repair done quickly before the winter light faded a couple of weeks ago...I gew up with no roads and so always loved boats being our only form of transport"

"I came upon this old lugger at Gweek in Cornwall and with the small sailing dinghy made a dlightful if not rather difficult subject and I was standing knee deep in water by the finnish. I think the limited pallete in this work helps to hold it all…"

"The shaddow of this boat was as interesting as the boat itself as is often the case the shaddow offers a great chance to describe whats happening....this was near the border of Germany & Denmark"

"great idea, I'll see what comes "

"Thanks georgina, this is just up the river from my house so not so far to travel...hard work ...yes..I only do 1 or maybe 2 of these a year!"

"well done you...hard work..!"

"yes I stretch the paper first on a large sheet of primed  plywood  so as not to stain the back of the paper and then have two easels support it on a slight angle...very furtive lines for the main shapes before setting into the sky and…"

"wow! It's enormous...would love to see a clip of you doing it..do you lay it flat on the ground? on a board I suppose...do you pencil it in first? just curious.."

"Geogina, it's 3'6'' x 5'...about as big as I can get to paint outside...big squirrel mops and run back & forth. Ben"

"Such a fine watercolor... glad your back with us."

"Delightful watercolor!  "

"Love the high horizon, low viewpoint."