Coronado Island off San Diego has a stretch of “natural” beach stewarded by California as Silver Strand State Beach, which is to say it isn’t groomed to remove the daily tidal deposits of seaweed which house so much sea edge life. As such, it’s not a pristine stretch of sparkling smooth golden beach that curves toward the city of San Diego, but it’s a beloved playground and beautiful in it’s natural state. As I don’t see leaves nor seed pods nor fallen flower petals as “litter” neither do I see these untidy droppings of seaweed, little creatures and shells as unattractive. When I walk this often windy ungroomed beach, each seaweed clump is a little ecosystem of insects and sea creatures and a cave of treasures. The rich deep duck green of the water, the sparkling pale sand and the soft grayish cerulean of the sky, the sea leftovers marking the high and middle tide lines are just ornamentation and a gift to the curious.
Coronado Island off San Diego has a stretch of “natural” beach stewarded by California as Silver Strand State Beach, which is to say it isn’t groomed to remove the daily tidal deposits of seaweed which house so much sea edge life. As such, it’s not a pristine stretch of sparkling smooth golden beach that curves toward the city of San Diego, but it’s a beloved playground and beautiful in it’s natural state. As I don’t see leaves nor seed pods nor fallen flower petals as “litter” neither do I see these untidy droppings of seaweed, little creatures and shells as unattractive. When I walk this often windy ungroomed beach, each seaweed clump is a little ecosystem of insects and sea creatures and a cave of treasures. The rich deep duck green of the water, the sparkling pale sand and the soft grayish cerulean of the sky, the sea leftovers marking the high and middle tide lines are just ornamentation and a gift to the curious.
#246 - Acrylic on Canvas Board
Painting : 4" x 3"
In Frame: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
