"Boathouse Reflections"
Oil on Canvas Panel
8"x10"
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This is another scene from along the Trail of the Coeur d' Alenes. I took so many pictures that day, I think that my husband thought that we weren't going to get very far on our bike trip. We did manage to ride twenty miles. I loved the reflections of these colorful boat houses on the water with the lilies in front. The sky had some big lovely clouds in it too which I originally painted in. After deliberating, I took them out and simplified the sky with just a little of the peach color to tie in with the foreground. The clouds were nice but they detracted too much from my focal area, of the boathouses. I find it hard to take things out of paintings, but am learning that it can often improve a composition.
