A TWO REEF KIND OF DAY was painted from photos I took on a trip to the British Virgin Islands. The image is centered around the winch which is used to raise and lower the sails on a sailboat. We wanted to be under sail along the Strait of Sir Frances Drake and as we had a brisk wind, two separate reefs were inserted in the sail. A reef is a stiff, flat rod that is inserted in a channel of the sail to stiffen the sail to catch the wind. The painting is not about the winch but about the feeling of being on the water in a brisk wind. View full image