Canon Beach Flower Garden

14X11

Oil on Linen Panel

This flower garden is literally about one short block off the beach in Canon Beach, Oregon. My painting came out much gloomier than I had in mind. I took the photograph on a bright summer day. I still haven't gotten a thorough understanding of shadows and bright, though I do think I'm getting better. Yes, that is a forest with huge trees behind the flower garden just off the beach.