The fishing company this painting is based on is located at the most inland end of a small canal that branches off a main canal that leads to the Great South Bay.
From there the boats must travel across the bay (about two miles) to the Fire Island Inlet to reach the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Fire Island is a barrier island that protects the south shore of the Long Island mainland from the pounding of waves of the Atlantic during major storms.
Basically Fire Island is a big sand dune, about a half mile at it's widest and 33 miles long.
The Great South Bay it's self is much longer then that lenght and maybe 5 feet at it's deepest.
The bay is often very calm, most of the canal's around are very well protected and are also very calm with those mirror like surfaces.
My other painting (Illuminated Mist) posted here of another fishing company is located in the same area, but between two smaller canals that branch off from that same main canal.
I never gave it much thought that these two fishing companies are so far from the ocean, but they are certainly very well protected from major storms. |