Low Tide Mudflats

oil on canvas panel, 9: by 12", plein air. This is one of my favorite painting spots at a place called "Bullhead Flat" in the China Camp State Park. The bay is very shallow here and at low tide the patterns of light on the water rivulets running through the mudflats and on the very green marine grasses are interesting to paint.

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Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on June 17, 2015 at 0:44: Thanks a lot Manneherin! This really is my favorite spot near where I live to go painting. The scene is always changing with the seasons, the time of day, the tides and the weather. Nice place for a whole series of paintings!

Comment by Manneherrin on June 16, 2015 at 23:39: I really like this. I definitely has the feel of the subject.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on June 4, 2015 at 23:10: Thank you Colleen!!!

Comment by Colleen McCafferty on June 4, 2015 at 22:56: Beautifully painted Stu!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on June 3, 2015 at 9:35: Thanks Susan!

Comment by Susan Burke on June 3, 2015 at 7:18: Nice, I like how you captured the shallow water, that's not easy!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on June 3, 2015 at 5:02: Thank you very much Pauline!

Comment by Pauline Le Merle on June 2, 2015 at 7:32: Beautiful colours Stu and fantastic light going on in this painting, superb!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on June 2, 2015 at 6:18: Thanks Jon!! Strange, but the more I limit my palette, the better my colors get! I think that it is really the color harmony and getting the warms and cools right that is most important. And thank you Lori!