In my quest for art creation, I went on a subject search and inspiration outing at Big Pine Key and neighboring No Name Key, saw a group of commercial boats that attracted my attention, I opened the truck door to get a closer look and forgot the newly inherited pooch that spotted 3 or 4 Key Deer. The dog went on to chase the deer and raise enough hell to bring out a neighbor and end a very quiet morning at No Name Key.

Apologizing to the neighbor for my intrusion and breaking the law by bothering the protected Key Deer, excused myself by letting her know that I was in search of inspiration for watercolors, not hunting for the small critters, she quickly remarked "are you an artist?" Yes Mam I responded, well, "my son writes Art Columns for the Keys Weekly and he will be interested in talking to you" ...........

Here's the result of that encounter: