Going Aground is an image that repeats for visual translation. Having lived on a boat for much of my childhood and having had this experience more than once might be the impulse to paint this. The tattered sails blow in the wind while the hull rests in the sand.  I learned to respect the powerful and unpredictable forces of nature early in life. This painting (24 x24 acrylic on canvas) was done with the palette knife using alot of texture....depicting the shifting sands, the tattered sails blowing in the wind....a sense of hope and future comes through the sky...this journey is not over.