Golden Radiance over Stony Creek Harbor Branford, CT

Golden Radiance over Stony Creek Harbor is truly how I see this quaint little village along the Connecticut Shore. I have painted there many times for several years now. Especially during the summer months. I think the rose quartz stones that are found along the harbor wall radiates and reflects the pinkish tones which bath everything in this very hard to describe glow. Somewhere between a peach orange to a warm magenta I mix a few piles of each . Then on the other side of my palette are the blues, ultramarine, phthalo blue and cerulean blue. Before I can even lift the brush I can sense the colors vibrating in front of me. Not in a frenzy or distressful way.... more like.. the easy of a rhythmic sway. You know that soft rippling sound the water makes when lapping up against the side of a boat.