Artist notes: It was so cold that ice was about two inches thick on the sandstone and the sea spray was freezing like mist as it was blown across rolling waves. Yet, the seals rested in their usual place. This painting is part of a new series idea that is developing. The paint brush marks are the impressions of nature and the screws, wire and tiles are the intervention by our human species. This work will always interact in noticeable ways with its immediate physical environment through the light, reflections and shadows of the materials. In this way, the painting remains a work-in-progress forever.