Capturing the elements

 

A preliminary sketch for a series of Virgin Island paintings made 30 years ago. 

A lightening sketch reminds me more about the subject than a photograph can ever do. The lines that I put down in those few seconds are a brain scan of what I want to portray. 

A note in my diary relates to the above sketch and reads:

And now back to the landscape and a need to escape from the limitations of the past. 

The painting below is from the same period and proves that I made my escape!