sandy colors

Hurricane Sandy was multicolored down here in Maine. The sketch above was done quickly before the last high tide which would have got me wet while painting. Now, the surf is diminished and the power lines are still up. But you get the idea.
Unhappily, color was not the issue down off Cape Hatteras, where HMS Bounty sank. Although 14 of her crew members were rescued by the Coast Guard, one crew member died, and her Captain remains unfound. Here in Boothbay, the Bounty was a fixture last month; her masts stuck up proudly, above what we might call our skyline, while on the ways at the Shipyard. Everyone here has had some contact with the ship or her crew, and we are all very sad.
Images of Sandy from now on, will undoubtedly reflect this sadness... even as I make a bigger painting from this sketch...