We recently did a cruise in the North Sea on the NCL Prima, visiting Iceland, Norway, England, and several other countries. As usual, I took a small acrylic paint kit with me in case there was a break in our busy itinerary and I had time to paint. The opportunity only presented itself a few times. Â
I won’t go into a travelog of the trip, but you can see a preview/trailer of a video I produced here—
I did produce a full movie over an hour long, but is held private. If interested in seeing it, please email me (donald@donaldneff.com), or private message me and I will send you the URL.
Due to a last minute change in the cruise port schedule we stayed in Akureyri, Iceland for two days, and it gave me the opportunity to do a couple paintings from our cruise ship cabin balcony. The first was the hillside opposite our ship in port. The layers of various colors and rock strata were intriguing.
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The second was from the same location, but looking up the Eyjafjörður fjord.
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I also started one painting from our balcony while docked in Geiranger, Norway, which was the most spectacular scene, but didn’t have a lot of time, so left it unfinished.
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Since we returned, I have been doing a number of small works from the trip for my annual Holiday Sale, which will be in my next weblog!
Stay tuned!!