Fishing from the Beach

Fishing from the Beach

Today's painting was done at the base of the Powder Point Bridge in Duxbury, MA.   I arrived at this spot ahead of the summer beach crowd and actually painted right out of the back of my parked vehicle which overlooks a little beach on Duxbury Bay.   Before long, the summer bustle picked up with lots of pedestrians and cars crossing this remarkable bridge.  Multiple people were fishing about halfway across the bridge, where there is a stronger current and a boat underpass.   Power para-gliders put on a show as well!

As the tide got higher, one fisherwoman in boots and waders came over to the beach just below my painting location and began casting.  I decided to make her figure and the bridge the two primary focal points of the painting.

First Cliff from Scituate Light

Scituate Lighthouse is wonderfully accessible with free public parking, always a valuable feature for plein air painters.   I've painted the lighthouse on multiple occasions in the past so on this day I framed a different scene.  This composition is south facing across the Scituate Harbor inlet toward what is called the "First Cliff".   There are jetties on either side of the inlet which are depicted.  The "cliff" on the far shore is encircled by some amazing oceanfront properties.  There was so much going on in this scene between all the people and various boats that I found it hard not to include at least a few of these elements in the painting.  What I liked most about the day was the fair weather clouds. :)

 

First Cliff from Scituate Light