Illya Kagan in Costa Rica

This painting is just roughed in. I start them all on location, and get the foundations down. Then when I get them back to my studio, I make changes to the composition, colors, and details. As I look at this jpeg, I already see changes I will make to the clouds. This sight was interesting to me because of the way that the grove of palm trees stood out in front of the green hill behind which was obscured by the salt spray rolling in off the ocean. There is also a stunning field dotted with white and yellow flowers that leads your eye into the picture (I have yet to paint it in detail). As I was painting, a streak of silver light kept steaming through the clouds illuminating the horizon, and casting the foreground into shade, creating a stark contrast between the brilliant white caps in the distance, and the pale blue froth in the foreground.

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