Painting completed in: 1950

I was Teaching a Workshop at the Rockport Art Center and stepped out the back door which opens out to the Harbor. This Shrimp Boat Named the Bald Eagle was moored close by and as I looked at the boat a Seagull landed right on the tip of the Bow with his wings spread eagled as if to try and convince himself that he was a Bald Eagle! I went to get my camera but the Seagull was gone when I returned. No matter how hard he tries he will always be a Seagull but we have an advantage in that what we try for, we can almost always achieve if we try hard enough!