The Grenadines Studies

"Mustique NO. 1"

Copyright 09/30/2007, by Edward A. Obermeyer

Original Acrylic on canvas, 36" X 48"

$700.00 (Sold)

This is the first in a series of paintings I am doing on our travels to the Grenadine Islands during the summer of August, 2007. We sailed a 55 foot mono hull sailboat called the "Magpie II" from the island of St. Vincent to the rest of the Grenadine Islands. This piece was the sight that first greeted us at the island of Mustique, where we saw Tommy Hillfiger's house and visited the bar called "Basils" for a snack and a cool drink.

The art work was more than just based on my own personal photographs and experiences there. I used a more loosely defined painting technique with hundreds of small marks and daubs of color instead of my usually tight, precise realistic effects. The colors and figures were exaggerated to enhance the feeling of the tropical islands ambience. I will never forget leaping from this gorgeous sailboat into these pristine aquamarine waters that defined the words, "crystal clear".