Tahiti - Pencil Drawing - Giclee Print of Original plein air pencil drawing - View of Hills from Cooks Bay, Moorea, French Polynesia

Description

I created this piece while visiting the island of Moorea which is part of the Tahitian Islands, AKA as French Polynesia. If you've never been there I'd suggest you place it on your "bucket list". For me, it is the most beautiful luscious scenery I've seen and/or visited. The surroundings are dense with foliage, manly palm trees. Coconuts everywhere. The water is warm, and the air temperature is perfect. The view of the hills around Cook Bay was drawn while sitting in the water, in a small dingy, in the bay. A slight breeze caused my boat to move about slowly. I managed however to re-position my vision and the craft in order to capture the scene. As you can see, the surroundings are dense with vegetation and hilly. I'm very satisfied with the drawing and believe others like it as much as I. In addition, what a great place to create in. One can understand why the famous artist, Paul Gauguin, spent many years painting the locals and the scenery.