Apple Bay - Tortola - Gallery Art

Sometimes sketchbook art becomes gallery art. Tortola is a beautiful island in the British Virgin Islands. My brother has lived there for the last thirty years, and I have spent many hours sketching, drawing and painting the pristine beaches. I used oil paints for this painting of Sebastian's, a beach bar on the west side of the island. Oil paints are rich in color but take forever to dry, and it took days to pick bugs off this canvas. In the end this very lumpy piece sold at a local gallery.