Sunlight on Sand-Lanikai
Oil on linen
Private collection

This was completely painted outdoors; it had to be. While the location is a well-known local landmark, my interest was almost entirely on light and color. This is a beautiful time of day to work outdoors; the color of the light is full and ripe, and it permeates surfaces, or so it sometime seems.

This painting is also indebted to the influence of William Lamb Picknell (1854-1897), an American painter I fortunately discovered years ago, and who made a surprising impact on me with his beautiful treatment of paint surfaces and colors.