Last summer I had a really fun filled week in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida with a group of artists from the PaintingFriends forum. http://www.paintingfriends.com/. We painted and played on the beach and painted some more and got to know each other as most of us (other than the Florida gals) had never met. While there we found these darling little beach cottages...probably from the 40's and 50's...and couldn't resist the photo ops that abounded. They were sorbet colors...oranges, pinks, turquoise, yellow...you name it and they painted it that color...and each had all this "stuff" around...and best of all, they were just a short hop through the dunes and to the beach. We're going back again in August so I'm sure we'll find more of these cuties to paint. The bright sun and the bright colors were really fun to try to capture on paper.
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Mollie - this post takes me waaaay back to my childhood. We used to vacation at Madeira Beach in the 70's and once we were outside Tampa would usually drive over to the beach (don't remember highway) and drive down that way so we could get glimpses of the ocean before we got to "our place". There was an alley that paralleled the main highway and all those cottages located there - wonder if they are still there? You might take a drive down to Madeira Beach and find out! There were also a few right at John's Pass at the top of Treasure Island. Thanks for giving me a "blast from the past"!
ReplyDeleteDeb...thanks for the memories, huh? These little cottages were just so darling...wish we owned one...we could have an open house for "wayward" artists to come and go.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous painting Mollie, I love it! xx
ReplyDeleteThis is such a charming scene...it can only make one smile and dream of lazy summer days. I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely gem of a painting.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pat...sure wish you were going to be able to go back with us this summer...lots of photo ops abound in that little village.
ReplyDeleteThanks,Christiane...I'm guessing that this has been refurbished several times as it's right there on the beach...wouldn't it be fun to stay there.
Thank, Mary...you and Joe could buy one of these and we'd all take turns visiting...ha.