Saturday, June 8, 2013

River Boat - Georgia Coast

River Boat, 16 x 12, oil on panel, L. Daniel © 2013

This elegant river boat sits at the end of a quiet little marina just over the causeway to Jekyll Island (about 30 minutes from St. Simons). While I was painting, two young boys who were on a houseboat trip with their grandparents kept a close eye on my progress. They peppered me with rapid-fire questions... "Will you put in the bridge? Is that your boat? How long have you painted? Do you sell your paintings? How much will this cost? What is the biggest painting you have ever painted? How much was THAT one? Will you put in the other boats? Why didn't you paint the other end of the dock?" 

The boys must have been listening, because later they brought over their grandparents and gave them the entire spiel, complete with prices and explanations about how I had edited the scene. It was pretty funny to hear one of them point out quite logically, "she left out the bridge, grandma, because including it would take our eyes off the boat."

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Too funny. Those boys obviously learned a lot and were impressed. We just got back from Jekyll and stopped by the Holwyd Plantation. I did a couple of marsh paintings while there. Maybe one day I can catch up with your class down there. Beautiful places! Happy coastal painting!

Anonymous said...

Laurel, this is so lovely. The part about the boys is priceless--and speaking of pricing, why didn't the grandparents buy this?

Tracey Mardon said...

Love the story, out of the mouths of babes! We loved Jekyll Island, it seemed almost like a lost place except the large group students on a field trip.

Barbara Muir said...

Love it. Isn't it wonderful how delighted and fascinated the children were with what you were painting. It is magnificent.

XOXOXOXOXO Barbara

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