The ‘Spirit of Mystery’ painting is 98 % completed.
Here at a distinctly cold Castelnau de Montmiral, our first snow flakes of the new winter arrived today.
Attached is the result of the last 2 days effort.
Slight change of plan here, following a week that felt like ‘if it can go wrong it will go wrong‘ most of my week end plans are on ‘hold’.
A different sort of storm is brewing…
Having worked 2 nights on the painting, not daring to curtail inspiration when it flowed, not having an amusing flirtatious companion to ‘manage’ my meals, I thought I deserved a week end in the fresh air, a nice randonnee, some work on my boat…
Pete Goss, the renowned small craft sailor (look him up on you tube etc) wrote:
I have always admired that painting (“Roaring Forties“, more on that below… was commissioned by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston) as it is one of the few paintings that for me captures the Southern Ocean in a small boat.
I would love a painting as George (Skinner) has suggested but don’t want to start something
that is beyond my budget and ends up dashing all our hopes.