The Trade Wind Breeze - a short story illustration

“Typically, I painted landscapes in an array of vibrant hues, but in efforts to revise my style, I reigned myself into a monochromatic color scheme.  It felt a little forced, but I was desperate to introduce breadth into my work and give my viewers something new.

I studied the coconut tree poised outside my second floor studio window.  The more I observed it’s sensual nuances, the more entranced I grew by its energy: the way it swayed with an eerie rhythm to the beat of the trade winds.” -an excerpt from the short story

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Click here to read the story The Trade Wind Breeze (18 min read)