Moonrise

I made this picture several years ago. 

Some friends were getting ready to go to a Christmas party 

(it was the middle of November) and asked me to

take their picture before they left.

 After they had gone, I returned to the boat 

where I saw the moon rising in the east, pink and

lavender clouds in the sky and reflected in the river's

surface. Of course, I had to make a painting of the scene.

The usual intention is to cover the entire canvas 

with color, but when I got this far, I figured I'd told

my story: There they were - the moon, the clouds, 

the reflections, the white boats against the

dark green shadows.

I loved that place, that time.