Sunset at The Shore

Sunset at The Shore
 
Once in a while a painting comes along that I have difficulty parting with. It is usually when I have some kind of connection with it. Sunset at the shore is one of these paintings. This one in particular was started the day I gave birth to my son Sanjay. I completed it after he was born.
It is special for this reason of course, but also for the feeling that I had during its production.
As I painted the water, I could actually hear the waves falling on the rocks, I smelled the ocean and the beach, and I was reminded of the feeling one has of visiting the beach at sunrise. Maybe I'm crazy to have heard and felt these instances during the painting process? Or maybe the sort of focus that goes into a good painting brings one to its place in current time... Or maybe it is proof that painting is indeed a spiritual process equivalent to meditation.
 
Oil on canvas - 11 x 14