This is only the first draft of the layout, but the painting is almost there. The San Juan Islands, full of life. A bit of tightening up, fiddling about and sweeping the corners – the usual stuff and it’s ready to go. I tried to make the viewer sense the relative bland wildlife offering above the water’s surface – and compare it with the lush and complex nature below the ocean’s surface, a place teaming with life. Lots of words to paint around, but I still think it tells the story pretty well with the painting.

And here’s the draft sketch from a few months ago. This text was written by the San Juan Islands Marine Resources Committee and commissioned by San Juan County. It’s part of the bigger project I’m working on for the Orcas Landing Ferry Dock. More on this soon as it progresses.

Not many posts are coming from me this summer. It’s not that I’ve been out hiking (I have), it’s that I’ve just finished 17 (yes, seventeen) paintings!! for a park in Georgia. Here’s a sample. Not your normal Eifert effort of focusing on nature, agree? I’ll post all of these as soon as they’re put together.

Thanks for reading this week.
Larry Eifert

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