Three Sailboats Revisited

In Between
Oil on canvas, 16x12

Sometimes I use a small, plein air study for a larger, studio painting.  I never want to merely make a larger copy.  Instead, I try to use the study for inspiration, and also use my imagination while I make a new and different piece.  In this studio painting, I added a lot of texture and layers.  In some ways, it is very similar to the original study, but it has even more of an impressionistic, painterly feeling.

Here is the original 8x10 plein air painting: