Hout Bay Harbour

A close friend who is a fisherman asked me to paint this view of Hout Bay Harbour. I grew up in Hout Bay, and know this harbour very well. I felt incredibly connected to the place and all the characters coming and going throughout the morning, as I captured the shifting clouds and shadows as the morning progressed. I painted over three consecutive mornings, enjoying the different options the sky and sea provided to me as the conditions changed. The tricky thing was when a couple of the fishing boats moved between day one and day two, but luckily I had blocked them in on day 1!