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Low tide, Windy August Day at The Reef, Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico
Original painted on a cradled birch board, 7" x 5" x 3/4" from the back deck of the bus conversion, smelling and feeling this sweet beach on the northeastern shore of the inland Sea of Cortez, Sonora, Mexico. Puerto Peñasco, affectionately known by us Arizonans as "Rocky Point" has these coral reefs and rocks with amazing tide pools full of skittering life. It's also characterized by dramatic distance tides from a few feet of water level rise to 24 feet! Now a 24 foot tide is sea level rising two stories, so what can happen in this area is that a gently sloped beach can see water recede a really long way, and then return as long a distance. And tides can vary in height, so it's always an adventure to go stay at the beach, check the tide times, and wait to see what you can. This day was windy, so the tide went out enough to expose some of the black underwater rocks, coral, crabs, shells, seaweed for the sea birds and us to enjoy. From day to day--I hope you'll see this in my paintings--the view is never the same, but it's always soothing to me, and I do imagine the early inhabitants of this seashore out collecting the sea salt that crystalizes on the black surface in places. This is the third in a 2024 begun beach series that will end when I do, or maybe not, if these images have their own energy. What an inspiring thought! Personally, I've fallen in love with many a dead author and painter, so...
What I especially love about this one is the color, maybe it's me, but what the internet labels as "Mexican blue" is just not accurate for the colors I see in the Sea of Cortez. There's a French blue that might work on the rare stormy days here, but I've checked that and both Florence and Venetian Blues and somehow Venetian comes closest. I'll be checking my Maerz and Paul Dictionary of Color and report back if I find any better names, which, wouldn't that be my kind of exciting discovery. Does this painting even let you loose on the beach? I so hope so.
I'd like to see it hung in a silvery plein air simple wide wood frame, but it can stand alone as a gallery wrap or in a fat white matt as you prefer. It would be a great kindness if you would tell me how and where you hang yours. See the second photo if you want to know what a gallery wrap would look like, with the painting wrapped around the sides.
Original painted on a cradled birch board, 7" x 5" x 3/4" from the back deck of the bus conversion, smelling and feeling this sweet beach on the northeastern shore of the inland Sea of Cortez, Sonora, Mexico. Puerto Peñasco, affectionately known by us Arizonans as "Rocky Point" has these coral reefs and rocks with amazing tide pools full of skittering life. It's also characterized by dramatic distance tides from a few feet of water level rise to 24 feet! Now a 24 foot tide is sea level rising two stories, so what can happen in this area is that a gently sloped beach can see water recede a really long way, and then return as long a distance. And tides can vary in height, so it's always an adventure to go stay at the beach, check the tide times, and wait to see what you can. This day was windy, so the tide went out enough to expose some of the black underwater rocks, coral, crabs, shells, seaweed for the sea birds and us to enjoy. From day to day--I hope you'll see this in my paintings--the view is never the same, but it's always soothing to me, and I do imagine the early inhabitants of this seashore out collecting the sea salt that crystalizes on the black surface in places. This is the third in a 2024 begun beach series that will end when I do, or maybe not, if these images have their own energy. What an inspiring thought! Personally, I've fallen in love with many a dead author and painter, so...
What I especially love about this one is the color, maybe it's me, but what the internet labels as "Mexican blue" is just not accurate for the colors I see in the Sea of Cortez. There's a French blue that might work on the rare stormy days here, but I've checked that and both Florence and Venetian Blues and somehow Venetian comes closest. I'll be checking my Maerz and Paul Dictionary of Color and report back if I find any better names, which, wouldn't that be my kind of exciting discovery. Does this painting even let you loose on the beach? I so hope so.
I'd like to see it hung in a silvery plein air simple wide wood frame, but it can stand alone as a gallery wrap or in a fat white matt as you prefer. It would be a great kindness if you would tell me how and where you hang yours. See the second photo if you want to know what a gallery wrap would look like, with the painting wrapped around the sides.