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Thank you all--Thomasin, Carlos and Enzie!
Thomasin, it mean so much to me that you feel I got the sense of movement and light. The light changes so swiftly at that time of day/night that it is hard to get just the right color. Also, there's a certain type of weather pattern that I wanted to capture because it went with the wild feeling of the figures on the dock. A clearing wind or "land breeze" comes in from the north-west and breaks up the clouds, and the weather can be quite windy until sunset, but that unsettled feeling is still in the air.
Carlos, I never dreamed figurative paintings could be this much fun, or so absorbing. For me, they take a lot of thought, and I find myself re-working them many times. I'm glad you feel that the mood and atmosphere are right. And by the way, I'm really not all that prolific!
Enzie, thank you for your kind words! The creation of narrative is an interesting thing. I find that if I don't try too hard, it just happens. Another thing I've discovered in my recent venture into figuratives is that, if I narrow down my choice of subjects to the ones that really say something to me (not necessarily something I could put into words--it could be a feeling) then those are the ones that usually say something to others, too.
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