Something I swore I'd never do...

This is a painting of Biddeford Pool, Maine.  I wish I was there today, but I wasn't -- the painting was done using a photo from this past summer as a reference.  I swore I'd never paint from a photo.  For what it's worth, in my defense, it was an assignment in the class I'm taking to force myself out of my comfort zone.  I did not keep all the crisp edges that digital photography provides even though our eyes don't see that way.  I made sure that the painting was still about my vision (I did take the photo) and especially that it felt to me like Maine in its light, its idea and mood.  Excuses, excuses.  I will put in it my show next week and it will serve me right if it's the only painting that sells...