Waiting for Picasso (re-worked)

Oil on wood panel 8" x 8" £65 (British pounds) plus postage & packing (£7 to US; £3.50 to UK and Europe)

We are in Antibes and this young couple are waiting for the Picasso museum to open. The museum is right behind us in the Chateau Grimaldi and the church to the right is Antibes Cathedral. Most people in this part of France take a siesta during the middle of the day - only us tourists are idiotic enough to sit out in the sun and "wait". I wanted to convey the heat of midday but without doing a blue sky. Originally the orange was just painted there to be a vibrant under-colour but as I painted I grew to like it and it stayed. Why the girl is all wrapped up I don't know - she was wearing a shawl wrapped around her body - maybe protection from the sun.
(When I re-worked this, I over painted the orange sky with blue. I felt there was some confusion of feeling about the time of day and I think I have still managed to keep the peace and stillness of the scene).