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NCarolinawoman
NCarolinawoman's Journal
NCarolinawoman's Journal
November 11, 2015
Acrylic on Masonite.
If you live on the Atlantic coast, you know why these guys are called laughing gulls. Their call sounds like boisterous laughter.
I worked from a photo taken on a foggy day in Atlantic City. For balance I added the gull in the background taken from another snapshot.
Unfortunately the photo of the painting didn't pick up the shades of deep green I notice in the ocean off the mid-Atlantic states, which is evident in the original painting. I've been told that New England waters are more gray. In my mind Florida waters appear to be more turquoise. The Pacific Ocean appears to be navy blue to me in the photos I've seen.
Laughing Gulls
Acrylic on Masonite.
If you live on the Atlantic coast, you know why these guys are called laughing gulls. Their call sounds like boisterous laughter.
I worked from a photo taken on a foggy day in Atlantic City. For balance I added the gull in the background taken from another snapshot.
Unfortunately the photo of the painting didn't pick up the shades of deep green I notice in the ocean off the mid-Atlantic states, which is evident in the original painting. I've been told that New England waters are more gray. In my mind Florida waters appear to be more turquoise. The Pacific Ocean appears to be navy blue to me in the photos I've seen.
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