Port of Collioure

This is I believe the longest time running painting I have completed to date, and the largest oil painting I have completed as well.
The creation of this piece came about through learning of an invite from a gallery to submit abstract art only. This is to be an invite only of 28 artists. the origional idea would be for each artist to submit 5 works, but this turned out to be a popular show for submittals, and initial 5 works went down to 1.
This work was birthed out of the old collioure postcards from the early 1900's that I was painting "fauvist like" representational works from. I was trying to bring the feel of the sail boats from the old port of Collioure, the blue water and sky, and the landscape around the old port and fortress. this painting is 55x75in.