I did the background for this: the water, the sky and the beach itself.  Kat added the floating whales and the people on the beach looking up at them.  I love this painting, but  didn’t realize until last night that it could be about death.  I wasn’t consciously thinking about my father’s death when I painted this, but there it is.  It’s  eternally fascinating to me how art brings to the surface things that are floating around in your mind.