Strider’s Surrender

8 August

The wind has changed. Thunder in the distance and Gully is on alert. The ions are charging but the sun is out and the sky is as blue as the one in this painting…

Strider's Surrender           Oil on Panel         92" x 48"
Strider's Surrender Oil on Panel 92" x 48"

An article appeared yesterday in the Martha’s Vineyard Times describing how this painting came to be and where it will be going to live. Exciting and humbling for the artist. You can read the article by clicking here…

When we were on the Vineyard last month, I sat on the wooden crates out back of Larsen’s…with a plate of steamers and paid my respects to the Quitsa Strider II. She’s still there though her days are bittersweet as she no longer can go a huntin’ like she used to.

The big old boat at the dock in Menemsha
The big old boat at the dock in Menemsha

And then we have this just in… my brother Bill and his wife Laura are on Martha’s Vineyard this week and made a trip to the Granary Gallery to check on all this hubub themselves… 

Bill and Linda island hopping

The wind is still up but the thunder has passed so I can set my sails and see what’s over the next horizon… HN