Poling the Flats

We jumped at the chance to crew aboard a sailboat traveling through the out islands of the Bahamas.  I love everything about the sea - the beaches and shallows, the flats, the reefs, surf and tide. . .all the way to deep blue water sailing. Just got it in my blood I guess, even though I grew up along the Mississippi River far from the sea.  This was done from a memory I have of watching an old guy quietly poling his boat in the flats.

Watercolor. 16 x 20 inches. 2002.