2004 Sunrise over Hatteras - Acrylic on Canvas
I completed this painting just after the Marlin (Dinner Special) in a painting class at COA. I was really becoming familiar with the different shades of blue, also this was my first night/sunrise painting. I was studying perspective, with the silhouette of the sea oats in the foreground, the feeling of the towering Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, and the glimpse of the morning sun peeking up from the horizon. I was also careful about the placement of the light on the lighthouse to emphasis the rounded tapered shape by shadowing the back & lighting the side closest to the rising sun. This really is one of my favorite paintings I've ever done, right down to the narrow shape of the canvas.
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