Inspired by the various species of whales being cruelly hunted. Inspired by Captain Paul Watson ("Whale Wars") who has worked tirelessly for decades to stop the illegal whaling by Japan, Iceland, and Norway. Whales are dying at alarming rate and there is no justification for barbaric harpooning of these gentle creatures. Experimented with masking tape. Took a painting that i was not yet satisfied with, taped around the edges (a technique i learned from my instructor Norman Goodwin in Norfolk, VA, 2011-2012), and "scumbled" (a technique i learned from instructor Anne Iott at Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach ca. 1978) the blue gray "stormy" colors over the underpainting. Left the sun visible (upper left yellow rectangle). As has become my habit, although i have half a dozen new blank canvases in my studio, i choose the old ones to re-imagine.

This is the finished piece (2017), begun in 2010. i chose not to crop this image yet, and left the background studio "noise" visible.

Photographed by Jay Daniel, Black Cat Studio, Novato, CA