The Outermost House

Day V of Seven Days of Stuff~

Annnnnd once again I almost forgot. I am a despicable human being.
And I also need a slightly better photo. Once again I'm painting things too big for scanners.

Anywho~
Here's another very recent painting (finished it this afternoon actually, eee ) that I did for my dad as his (somewhat belated) Christmas present.
For the last 10+ years, in addition to his job as an English professor, my dad has been working on a comprehensive biography (the first ever, actually) of the author and naturalist Henry Beston, who is most famous for his book The Outermost House, which is a sort of memoir Beston wrote about his time living in this house-- called the Fo'c'sle; nautical term-- on the beaches of Cape Cod. Beston spent time there for many many years until finally the house was washed away off the dunes in a storm; today, there's little left of the site. But I thought I'd paint my dad his own Outermost House, I guess. This is based on a photo of what the little dune shack looked like back in its days of glory on the National Seashore.
When Dad's book comes out, totally check it out, dudes.

Anyway, this was a landscape much more up my alley than, say, this--- --- but presented the challenge of how much "texture" the sand needed. I decided very little, and instead tried to make the house the center of attention, with sand dunes created by placement and shading instead.

Hope you guys like!
Acrylics on watercolor paper. December 2011-January 2012 (my first 2012 work, woohoo!!!!). HippieLlama.
MY ART IS NOT STOCK AND CANNOT BE USED OR ALTERED WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!!!! Thanks.