Finally I'm getting some traction with my painting.  I worked so damned hard on that seascape with the sand without any positive movement.  I finally gave up.  I'm loath to do that because you can't imagine how many unfinished canvases I have.  

I started a new painting that is the waves during the oil spill.  I was struggling with the foreground and then decided to use some of the techniques that I employed on the previous sea/landscapes.  It worked like a proverbial charm.  It looks so cool!  Now I just have to get the rest of it done:-)