Often my paintings are painted from photographs I take while Dave and I are racing on Dianthus. This year I didn't get to take as many shots because I was often driving the boat. It is almost impossible to take photos while driving. During the CRAB (Chesapeake Regional Assessable Boat) Regatta this year we did have crew and we had little wind. I do remember driving, but it was a long slow race and my iphone did come out.
After I paint I have fun being a detective. I try to find who owns the boat. Perhaps they may like to purchase the painting. For this painting of Rendezvous I looked up the CRAB registration and found the owner's name. Next Googled his boat and name and found he was a member of NASS and what kind of boat I painted. I went on to Facebook and found three gentleman with the same name. One lived in Annapolis and his head looked familiar. He didn't use his site much. It looked like he had it to post grandkids accomplishments. He did have what seemed like a son that was more active. Voila! His son had a mutual friend of mine. This friend was a woman I met in May at my daughter's wedding. She was the mother of my new son-in-law's good childhood twin friends. I messaged her and had a good time catching up and was given the boat owner son's contact information. I sent him a text.
Whether the owner purchases the painting or not, I have to say I have fun hunting them down. This search took about 40 minutes.