it was a commission for a family that lives in connecticut and likes days out on their boat …

in long island sound Charles Island is one of those hang out places where people raft up or beach their boats or just use as a vague meeting up point to anchor and chat and so I used it as the backdrop to a family portrait of them on their boat.

for me the thing that added the twist that I was looking for in the art is seagull … I like the seagull, I like his cheeky appearance in the midst of all the action …

life …