I live near a city nature preserve, which used to be a regional scout camp. The greenway that winds through my neighborhood follows a small stream that borders the park, and a cluster of large smooth rocks sits in one of the bends in the creek. They are called the Whale Rocks because they look like a small pod of whales.

Anyway, this is my first painting of the rocks. I’ve struggled finding the right viewpoint to paint and photograph them, but I like the way the sunlight was defining the shape of the rocks on this particular day. The effect is rather “striped” but that’s what it looked like. I will paint them again sometime from a different angle and lighting.