This was the first painting from this years paintings of the Richmond Marina. We were walking down to the tables and I saw this structure and light. I stopped and made the sketch which I later covered with pastel. Prior to heading out, I had prepared boards with paper ready to paint. That made it easy to stand and do the initial drawing.
I don't want to identify this person because he did a horrific thing and I don't want to give him the attention he seeks. On the day that he committed his crimes, I saw many images of him online. I drew him in one of my sketchbooks. Later I made this painting using that sketch. I used watercolor as the under painting and added the pastels over that.
