A Walk On The Beach
Jan 5, 2016
1 min read
Updated: Oct 2, 2020
My place to renew, a quiet and deserted beach. I have spent a lot of my time at Asilomar Beach, Pacific Grove, near Monterey. This image reminds me of those experiences. I created this in 2016 and moved it to my home. I don't usually paint landscapes. This was a surprise and I still find solace in it. Maybe I will do more abstract landscapes as the spirit moves me..
Your description of the salty air and the rhythmic crash of waves instantly took me back to a sunrise walk I took on a quiet stretch of sand in Cape Cod ten years ago. I remember the sand still cold beneath my feet as the sky shifted from deep indigo to a soft pink, and a lone gull swooped low, its call echoing over the water. The tide was low enough to reveal a line of smooth shells that glittered like tiny mirrors when the first light hit them. https://www.auctionzip.com/CO-Auctioneers/1574294.html I paused to pick up a particularly perfect conch, feeling the rough ridges against my palm, and for a moment the world felt both vast and intimately close. That simple,…