Growing up in New Orleans, we spent many holidays, weekends and vacations at the white sand beaches of the Florida panhandle.  When my beloved niece was about three or four, my sister and her then husband bought a house in Grayton Beach, which is one of the loveliest beaches in the U.S.   Those days with Shawn, Andre and the kids were some of the best times in my life.  I miss them, and the blue green waters of the Gulf of Mexico.  This painting could be almost anywhere, but Florida will always hold a special place in my heart.