Tranquil Hideaway | Original Oil Painting on Canvas
20 x 24
This harbor is home to one of my happy places. A beach and a scene I return to again and again for respite by myself, with friends, or with family. A place I have watched many a sunset, walked the beach up and down, and celebrated occasion after occasion in a nearby restaurant. I have photos spanning decades of anniversary selfies, babies sitting in sand, and kids jumping off docks. To say I love this little corner of the world is an understatement.
And then there is the day I started to finally paint it. A day filled with political turmoil and female indignity. And as I stood there, paintbrush in hand, feeling a helplessness on a level I had not experienced before, a pink house emerged on my canvas. A pink house for the little pink stucco-clad house in Mississippi that was closing and simultaneously representing bravery, devastation and a new world.
Oil paintings are created with an underpainting and finished with an Alla Prima technique. Oil paintings are created with artist grade paints, canvas, solvents and oils. All edges are also hand-painted with a continuation of the artistic subject, rather than masked edges, resulting in a beautiful raised look that will look professional both framed or unframed. Dry times for oil paintings last 1 year or more and have been completed.
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Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, one might say I’ve become fixated on the landscape surrounding me. Rainy beaches, soft waves that are protected by distant shorelines, sun-laden coves of trees and an endless sky of clouds - it’s all a boundless muse. This current collection of works were painted over the course of several months, during a storm season that defines a new normal, affected by climate change. I used brushstrokes, lines, shapes and color embody emotion within the vastness of these landscapes. I am calling this series “Devotion”.
