Lifeguard at the Pool

 Most of the time the pool in our development is fairly empty...and I like it when it is that way and almost a private pool for me. On this day it was windy so I didn't blame the lifeguard for sitting up on her chair with a towel across her legs. I would find being a lifeguard at our pool pretty boring...apparently she isn't too excited about what was going on. lol

Lifeguard

 This never quite got finished and I think I will leave it without color in the sky and water. I always love the different poses that the lifeguards have when sitting up on their chairs. This lifeguard was at the Sayville Marina Beach.

Update on the Bellport Gazebo and the Lifeguard

Back on the 4th of July I painted at my art group's outdoor event, "Artists on the Lane." Someone I know who is part of the Bellport Chamber of Commerce told me I should submit my painting of the Bellport Gazebo for their annual poster contest for Bellport Day. I wasn't going to do it, but she convinced me to enter. I deepened the shadows on the grass and the gazebo and entered it. Guess what...it was selected to be this year's poster! Bellport Day is July 29 and I will be out of town at the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago, so I will have to make sure to sign a stack of posters before I leave and they go on sale. Woo-hoo!!! I do get some kind of prize and am invited to a chamber lobster dinner. Too bad I don't get a cut of the poster sales. Here is the updated look.

This was painted on the beach at Robert Moses the other day.