Oil on canvas Private Collection, Fresno, California
The Blue Boats is loosely based on a picture I remembered seeing in a book years ago about Ireland. I felt it told a story. Why were there oars in one boat and not the other? Were they moored near a remote house? Or were the owners hunting or fishing somewhere? It was the unanswered questions that made me decide to paint them. Sometimes it isn't what is in the picture that tells the tale!
