Low Tide Cove

Along the stretch of shoreline between Scituate, MA and Plymouth, MA there are many tidal rivers and streams.  The many inlets created by this natural topography provide safe places to tie up and launch boats.   The bordering salt marshes are a natural buffer between the water and the uplands.  This little cove in Duxbury was as picturesque as can be on this warm, summer morning.

I framed my scene so that the beached boats dotted the inlet side and the old house on stilts sat on the wooded side.  In the foreground, the (very common) greenhead fly box sat amid the bright green seagrasses.  These boxes really do work by reducing the numbers of aggressive, biting "greenies".    I can attest to the fact that I only saw one!

 

Low Tide Cove

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.