Showing posts with label sand dunes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sand dunes. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Praise in the Dunes

Praise in the Dunes

Ink and Wash, 5x7 on Paper

The wind constantly moves and changes the dunes, and as it does, it carves dynamic breaks and banks in the sand as the sea oats and shrubbery holds back the top of the dune.

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Sand Fence 1

Ink and Watercolor wash - 5x7

As the storms of summer roll past the dunes, the sand fence stands faithfully in his place surrounded by his companions the sea oats.  Together, they slow the inevitable changes in the shifting and drifting sand.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Bright Passage, a Study

Pastel over ink and watercolor, 5x7

This pathway through the dunes blazes with the brightness of the early morning sun.  Before the sea breeze comes up, the air is calm and clear.  Daily study as a potential for a larger work.
After I posted this, I realized that the lower left corner had some issues with small clumps of grass that were acting as "eye catchers" - these have been fixed, and the photo updated.


Waiting

Waiting Oil on Canvas, 16x20 This painting is a view of Jax Beach at mid-day.  The tide is low and the long, flat beach is being washed gent...