8. Santa Cruz Boat Harbor

Thought I'd wish you a wonderful holiday season from the boat harbor. The Santa Cruz Boat Harbor is a very complicated place to paint. There are mast heads and lots of support wires and chords. I had to simplify the scene in order to make painting feasible. The shapes and shifts of the ever colorful water give the artist an infinite field of beauty to paint. The wonderful reflections in the water teach us to question if we are solid or are we but a reflection. Is a reflection any less real? The Hindus says that all we see is Maya or illusion. Our true self is one with the infinite wholeness sometimes called Brahman.  The artist has the ability to choose what is real and what is solid, what is only a reflection and what has lasting beauty. May all your relfections give you beauty that lasts throughout the new year.