Memory of supermoon over fishing village

 

On the way back from our walk along the boardwalk, some passer-bys said, 'do you see the moon?' and we turned around to see something like this painting. The moon seemed large on the horizon, and it glowed with an amber-orange light. A strong vertical reflection beamed down onto the harbor. Underneath the moon was the fishing village, partially illuminated. In the last light, a heron was finishing up its day of catching fish, and eventually flew off. I almost composed the heron flying past the moon but that idea seemed a little cheesy and distracting from the spectacular lunar effect. The painting was done from memory, as we gazed at the scene I tried to memorize the details, although I did use google to find a picture of the North Rustico fishing village from this approximate vantage point albeit during the day. Its a neat painting, this year has been pretty good for lunar events after the total eclipse.

Supermoon over fishing village memory, watercolour 6 x 10" cold press, August  2024