Dune Shadows

 

I enjoyed painting the beach at this years New Smyrna Beach Paintout. My last day at the paintout I made this painting of the dunes. I liked the way the shadows were created by the winds blowing the ripples of sand, just as if they were ripples on water. There were also shadows cast by the light where footprints indicated that someone recently walked through the dunes. I left out the sign “Keep Off The Dunes” as it obviously wasn’t read by the person that left the footprints behind. Watercolor 22x30.

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