Mt Taranaki From Back Beach - Commissioned painting

This work was commissioned by Gary and Jan Lord of New Plymouth. I took the photo to use as reference with great difficulty: I kayaked off Back Beach and intended to climb one of the Islands there to take the photo, but due to the three metre swell surging up the jagged rocks, I had to take the photo from the water just beyond the breakers, which took me around thirty minutes and several unintended cartwheels to break through. However, the result was worth it and Gary and Jan loved it.