Another Day At The Beach

I love to paint beaches. Better yet, I love to go to the beach and paint the dunes. The beach is always changing. You never know what to expect of the ocean. Some days the waves will be small and calm and the water will be blue. Other days the waves will be choppy and full of fight. The blue turns to green and sometimes brown if the water is stirred up by recent storms. There are always a variety of birds, shells and other animals around. Sometimes you see them and sometimes you see where they were the night before. Like turtle tracks in the sand leading up to the shore where she laid her eggs. Then there is the sunrise and the sunset, always waiting for me the capture that moment in time with my paintbrush. Don't you wish you were at the beach now?

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