Narragansett Beach from the North Pavillion

[kimedgepaintings]

Hi friends,

I'm missing RI and collaborating with my mom on the blog.

Check our the last few posts.

http://kimedge.blogspot.com

Before we moved to Austin, my family and I lived a few miles north of
Narragansett Beach. It is my favorite beach. I learned to surf there
at age 22. We were able to enjoy it for a while this summer, when we
spent 3 weeks with my family in RI. This painting is done from a video
still of the beach two winters ago. My husband and I had taken my
daughter there to see snow on the beach.

My mom asked yesterday, on day three of her collaborating with me on
this blog, for a beach painting. And thanks to her request, I've
managed to paint a painting that I have wanted to paint for two years.
It's of my husband and daughter at the Narragansett Beach North
Pavilion (a great spot to look for surf, by the break just south, off
the pine trees.)

My mom as I've mentioned is mostly house bound due to her MS. I asked
her why the beach? She said, "I miss the beach, and getting a tan."
"The beach is one of many the things I miss."she continued. "Dad says
I don't have olive skin any more, but I think I do." I told her I was
sure she still had olive skin.

When I was young, getting a "nice tan" was almost a full time job for
my mom, who is half Italian. As her MS progressed she had to stop any
sunning, because when she got too hot, she would lose her ability to
walk.

There are very few Italian Americans in Austin. And a few people here
have commented on my olive skin. It has been a great compliment to
this english watered down version of my beautiful mother. When I tell
her folks down her think I have olive skin, she laughs.