Between Rocks
20″ x 16″
The ocean waves roll between the rock formations in the ongoing creation of new froth and sand patterns.
Cliff House
Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint is a great place to watch the king tides roll in to touch the cliffs. I love how working in encaustics allows me to replicate the ocean’s flow over the beach. I did the under painting in layers of purple and orange for the sand. Then the water was done by melting clear encaustic medium with a little opaque titanium white. The white gathered at the edge of the flow to create the frothy waves and added a slight three dimensional effect.
Kitten Pond
This is a familiar place on Bandon’s beach with Face Rock and the Kitten Rocks in the background. However, the foreground was transformed by bright sunlight shining through a soft mist onto a newly carved out beach pond.
Kelp Flow
The sea water becomes a shape shifter as it hits the rocks, tangles with the kelp and bulges up as it finds an inlet.
Sand Pond
Painting water fascinates me as does painting what the retreating tide leaves behind. A new little pond and dark sand ripples were left for us to find on this misty morning.
Crescent City Rocks
I have begun to go back and rework some of my less successful encaustics into new paintings. With this painting I started with an already heavy dark background and carved out the lighter areas for the ocean waves to streak across the painting. The result is a contrast of solid dark rocks with light foamy water and mist.
Green Cove
The retreating tide carved a deep green pool behind the rocks and surrounded it with intricate patterns in the sand.
Rock Pool 2
12″ x 12″
The lovely tide pool contrasted nicely with the soft waves and morning mist beyond the rocks. This is the second in the “Rock Pool” series. It was done from a reference photo at a slightly different angle which caught Coquille Point and Elephant Rock in the coastal mist on the horizon.
Rock Pool 1
12″ x 12″
The lovely low tide pool contrasted nicely with the soft waves and morning mist beyond the rocks.
Mountain Wave
20″ x 16″
There is a place on the Coquille River jetty which is perfect for watching the king tide waves roll in. The waves rise like mountains right before they break and crash. I find myself using titanium white more sparingly and using the transparent beeswax/damar resin medium for the lighter areas.
