It was early November. My wife and I had been told that the coast north of San Francisco is beautiful – except when we arrived it was shrouded in fog. We eventually came to Bodega where the fog lifted to show us the bay. With waves breaking across the rocks in the distance and wide open expance of mud flats, this painting captures the mood of the area. We stayed just across from where the tide recedes to expose the mud flats. I painted and took photographs into the evening, which resulted in this studio painting. Bodega Bay, Marin County, Northern California.