The biggest challenge for me on this piece was to try to lose any artistic signatures I've developed, just let the idea carry me through with an unanticipated technique, and without being trite, just express some of the joys of summer, and a lot of vacations we took when I was young to Massachusetts.

It began as purely Xara as far as tools go, and then I added a thing or two outside the frame using Creature House Expressions. Hopefully, it has an integrated look and feel.

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By Best,

Gary