Moon Over the Harbor

Arrived early at Stony Creek. The day was bright and sunny with a cool sea breeze.
Shortly after arriving I watched a hawk dive into the harbor and grab a fish in its talons. Unfortunately my camera was still packed in my backpack.

For all the shoreline trappings the thing that struck me was the moon over the harbor.

I tried to stay abstract with the theme and although predominantly blue I varied the warmth of the blues and used brown madder, light red and raw sienna to create the graded wash at the bottom of the painting.

I'm calling this painting: "Blue Moon"