As a plein air painter and an avid lifelong sailor I experience lots of weather transitions. I love to sail along British Columbia’s rugged west coast, anchoring overnight, sometimes for days, in a quiet peaceful cove. I vividly remember this day anchoring in Smuggler’s Cove in the quiet solitude of a calm and still morning. Little did I know how much the weather would change that evening and how fast it would change. Days later, in the quiet of my studio, I was armed with my quick plein air sketch, a lifetime of sailing memories, a few photo references. I began my painting by scumbling in an undercoat of warm raw sienna (alizarin permanent and cadmium yellow medium) which peek through the forested and watery scene. Painting on a large canvas I try to settle the viewer on the water, onboard my sailboat, Karinya, in the hope that they might experience some of what I experienced – a calm and still morning – with a feeling of peace and comfort that would last forever, or at least for the rest of the day.