20″ x 16″
The misty light obscures the ocean and halos the cave edges, transforming the outer rocks into a guardian winged cat. I used oil pastels in this painting to help portray the bizzare rock textures of these Oregon coastal rocks.
12″ x 12″
The waves splash against the rocks before flowing through the inlet between Elephant Rock and Coquille Point. Bandon’s huge rocks are amazing, as are the the places in between.
20″ x 16″
The waves angle as they rush against the rocky inlet, rising to form one last wave before spreading across the sand. Encaustic media works well in capturing the contrast between the transparent water and the dark wet rocks.
18″ x 24″
Bandon’s Kitten Rocks seem to float in the mist as the tide gently flows between the beach rocks. I love building depth in the tide pools with transparent encaustic.
The coastal mist on Oregon’s coast filters the light to cast the ocean in soft lavenders which break to deep green as the wave rises and splashes over a rock.
The foamy line of the incoming tide leads back through the Bandon beach sea stacks. Encaustic medium lends itself well to painting the water’s transparency as well as the solid rock forms.
With the many sea stacks at Bandon’s beaches, the tides break and flow around the huge rocks to create lovely tide patterns over the beach.
When the sea pulls back at low tide a variety of treasures are exposed. Here, the sea carved out a shallow pool and left the imprint of its ripples in the sand beneath the water.
The sky seems to drift into the ocean as the sun sets behind the light clouds, coastal mist and churning waves.
A king tide wave rises to show off its green depths.
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