I got a commission yesterday to paint art collector Gene D. and his garden out in Santa Monica, so today I went out and got the job done! I was there at 2pm sharp and started right away...i painted 4.5 hours and by the end the light had completely changed/disappeared, but I stuck with the 2 or 3pm feeling for the painting which is when the light felt most vivid to me. He loved it! and I got to enjoy the day painting by the ocean. It's nice to find collectors who appreciate the spontaneous, the impressionist the painterly... In this age of crystalline digital perfection there's something to be said for the handmade. oil on canvas, 36 by 18