Late Afternoon at St. Pete's in August

Watercolor on Arches 140# Cold Press paper  6" x 9"

August 1997. This was another early attempt at plein aire painting. Did this while sitting on St. Pete  Beach in Florida looking west in a late afternoon. We were there for a week and this was the build up for a quick rain storm that popped up every day at this time. It would come in fast and dump alot of rain then clear out to make way for a fantastic sunset. I never did get the darks - dark enough to make everything else pop on this painting. I remember planning to try it again the next day - don't remember if I actually did.