Carol,  I really love this piece.  Very nice!   No fair- you get to live in CA where it is sunny...  Minnesota is so cold right now and we have 8" of snow with more coming on Tuesday.   The older I get, the more I want to live by an ocean.  Isn't there an artist island somewhere where we can all retire and live and paint all day by the beach, then go off for lunch- kinda like a spa only for artists?   I am dreaming again...