Older paintings 6

Boys fishing in Paquetá Island (Photo J. Bjorner)

In 1988 we visited the  Brazilian island of Paquetá in the Guanabara bay off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Only bicycles and horse drawn carriages are allowed in this paradise like island.
In the late afternoon we watched  some boys standing on some rocks near the waters edge.
There was such a filling of tranquility and harmony.
The photo I took and the memory of the place inspired 3 paintings.
In the third painting I made up the background and placed two boys fishing using the original subject matter, because boys are boys, wether in Paquetá or in Maine.

Paquetá  (Watercolor by Johannes Bjorner)

Boys fishing in Paquetá (Johannes Bjorner)

Boys fishing in Maine (Johannes Bjorner)