Tequila Barge

Mississippi River, Missouri
Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge

Oils, 30x40in
From long-exposure photograph
Painted in squares; each square = 1 of 3 different styles of brush stroke/method of application (*Full View recommended*)
The bridge is tilted slightly down to the right, but that's how the photo was and I didn't want to mess with aligning it... although looking back the task seems like it would have been somewhat easy.

Titled "Tequila Barge" because a fond memory is involved with the image...
Two of my best friends and I went out for a drink, and afterwards we walked across the street to the river. A barge was docked nearby, and one of my friends (a fourth year in the Coast Guard Academy) made several comments regarding boating rules, such as lights that should be illuminated, etc. ("Turn your lights on, Shipmate!")
She yelled a lot of things in Coast Guard dialect that neither myself nor my other friend could fully understand. The Coastie is receiving a print of this as a graduation present from me; the other named it my "tequila" painting.