A long planned vacation and family get together in Delaware was an opportunity to paint at the beach...right off the balcony of our apartment as this painting happens to be. The beach is actually deeper than this and the water does not come so high, but this was from a storm that had hit the Outer Banks and was visible as it careened out to sea.
"Arthur" was painted the morning of the first US hurricane of 2014. The waves were picking up and eventually crashed onto the beach, halfway to our apartment. It was thrilling, but hard to paint a moment as the light changed so quickly in the storm.
'Arthur', 9x21 oil
I am used to the Long Island, NY beaches. Even tho it is the same Atlantic Ocean water, and similar sand, seeing this in person it has a very different feel. Is it the beach grass or the encroaching storm? Both pop seeing it in person.
ReplyDeleteHigh tide during the storm erased half the beach, It was quite powerful.
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