High Tide Nocturne, 6x8" oil on Gessobord, was created one night during a plein air painting session while I was on vacation in Georgetown, Maine. The deck on the cottage was perched over the ocean and provided the perfect location to paint the moon shimmering on the water. The light from the house highlighted my palette making it easier to see what I was doing. My future will include buying an easel light so I can have the freedom to paint without the aid of a lit building. In this nocturne, I was interested in expressing the evocative nighttime tonal harmonies in the cooler color range, the pink haze I saw around the moon and shimmering Atlantic Ocean. With so much water in my view, I loved the idea of a safe haven across the bay.