Rio Nexpa Sunset

This is a painting I did for a travel companion of mine on a surf trip to Mainland Mexico in May 2007. We spent a week or so driving up and down the coast, surfing and scoring fun, warm water waves all to ourselves. We ended up hunkering down at this great break called Rio Nexpa, a long, and at times perfect left pointbreak with amazing views! For only $10 a night, we scored a cabana complete with a porch, a hammock, and a restaurant conveniently located next door. Every night we would sit on our porch, completely surfed out with a few beves and this amazing sunset to end the day. There were quite a few brushfires in the area at the time to burn off the prior season's crops, which made for some interesting hues in the sky at this time of the day. As always, it was nice to get back and see what kind of photos I had scored from the trip. The photo I took as a reference for this particular painting definitely stuck out in my mind. Sunsets are just one of those timeless moments that always seem to have a unique signature depending on what time of year and what part of the world you may find yourself in.