Kind of a Big Dill | Pickle’s Seaside 30A

The Inspo

One super early morning in June, I wandered around Seaside Center looking for painting inspiration for some plein air art near the beach. While strolling and people-watching, I kept noticing others with massive iced coffee cups, and the basic white girl in me started salivating. 

I soon discovered the origin was this cute little Italian grocery store called Modica Market, so of course I took my caffeine-addicted self inside for a very stiff bean juice on the rocks. Upon walking out, I decided to park myself at an empty umbrella-covered table across from a place famous for their pickleback shots and all things pickle. I loved the colorful restaurant front, the pickle-shaped sign, the flowers overflowing from a rolling metal bucket, and the way the morning shadows fell across it all. So naturally, I pulled everything from my Mary Poppins-esque paint bag of endless items to begin painting a 5x7 souvenir of my morning stroll.

Eventually, I became so lost in the tiny details and the "artist flow" that I completely lost track of time. The sun shifted overhead, my shady spot disappeared, and I realized a little too late that I was getting sunburned. I finished the painting just in time, as one of those quick early-summer showers began rolling into Seaside, and it's a piece I'm so proud to have completed in the Florida elements.

The Print

This fine art print is professionally produced from my original watercolor painting on heavyweight, smooth matte paper.

Print only. Frame and mat are not included. Colors may vary slightly between your screen and the finished print.