Table Rock Beach
12″ x 12″
Table Rock is such a large rectangular shape that it is difficult to compose an interesting painting with it. Here, though, the lacey wave cut through the blocky composition to soften the picture.
Lavender Tide
20″ x 16″
The misty lavender light glows over the thinning wave as it spreads out over the beach.
Blue Waves
12″ x 12″
On a blue day, the waves rise to crash through the rocks and roll on to the beach. The white encaustic paint flows perfectly over the transparent blue encaustic to portray the ocean surf.
Winged Cat Cave
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.
Inlet Splash
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.
Inlet Wave
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.
Kitten Inlet
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.
Green Splash
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.
Passage at Ocean’s Edge
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.
Cross Tides
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.
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