Woman with Oar

This painting drove me crazy. The sky came very quickly, but then what? A girl on a bicycle? A couple hugging? I must've painted half a dozen variations. But then when I was lying awake, worrying about the virus and our collapsing economy, I realized there had to be water, a destination, hope.
Someday we will go to the ocean. Someday we will have friends over for a big pot of soup. Someday we will go hear a concert, see a movie in a theater, linger in a bookstore, I hope....