Surf

"Surf" 6" x 6" Oil on hardboard

I've been yearning for my skin to be warm, moist and sunbaked. I've thought about the various beaches I've sunbathed on, and have willed my spirit to revisit them, if only for a moment. 

Oh, to be forty degrees warmer than it is here today. Our weather is so blasted fickle.  If I painted this painting en plein air today, the white you see on this painting wouldn't be foam, but the ice breaking up on Lake Michigan and pounding into the sand.

Carol

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Oceanside Beach at Sunset

"Oceanside Beach at Sunset" 6" x 9" Pastel on paper

There were lots of people still on the beach as the sun dipped into the Pacific. The wet sand reflected pink as the foamy surf receded.  How different from the rocky, cold beaches of Lake Michigan I'm accustomed to.  

Pastel number four. I'm learning a lot with each attempt at making art with these chubby, sticks of product.

Carol

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