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Seeking Solitude – a graphite drawing
“I step onto the path and as my feet sink into the first grains of sand I can feel the salty sea breeze hit my face, the smell of the sea water and screeching call of the gulls – it’s … Continue reading
Magic Hour – charcoal drawing
“The sounds of sea breezes, waves coming ashore and seagulls squawking overhead slowly fade away; I look to the horizon and wait for the brilliance of a setting sun. There is magic in this hour ~ “ by Mary Magic … Continue reading
Sand Dunes, acrylic painting
“The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.” – Pablo Picasso This painting was started one year ago as a sunset beach scene, it was put aside because I couldn’t see where it was going. I almost tossed it … Continue reading
Posted in Acrylic Paintings
Tagged acrylics, art, beach, fine art, ocean, painting, sand dunes, Sea, sky, waves
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Ocean Study #7, acrylic painting
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever – Jacques Cousteau It’s been a long nine weeks working to get my shoulder/neck/arm repaired, over the last two weeks we’ve seen a lot of … Continue reading
Air Dancing Gulls, graphite drawing
When we lived in Maine there were probably more “atmospheric” days than not – with gray skies and heavy fog out at sea. This scene reminded me of those times, the air cold with a moist dense fog and seagulls … Continue reading
Thursday’s Drawing: Feeding, a Pictorial of the Drawing
Once again I am slowly making my way back to creating and blogging. This coming week I will be in jury duty, hopefully for only a day, and then I should be back to my normal routine – I’m looking … Continue reading
Thursday’s Drawing: Feeding, final
Back to Thursdays drawing, it’s been a while since I worked on Feeding and took a bit of getting used to drawing with a graphite pencil – was surprised that I was able to complete the project today. Feeding, a … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Thursday Drawings
Tagged art, beach, bird, drawing, graphite, wiletes
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The Long View, acrylic painting
The study today was about building distant cloud structures with acrylic paints. I found a great reference photograph with storm clouds for lots of drama, along with a fantastic long beach that was the distance I was looking to demonstrate. … Continue reading
Posted in Acrylic Paintings
Tagged acrylic, art, beach, clouds, dusk, fine art, impressionism, impressionist, painting, reflections, stormy clouds
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Past the Dune, oil pastel
All good things must come to an end, at least for this year ~ the last of the sand dune series. I’ll bet you are ready to move on, me too and have several new subjects/paintings started ~ Past the … Continue reading
Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings
Tagged art, beach, fine art, impressionism, Oil Pastel, painting, pastel, sand dune
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Pea Island, oil pastel
“Pea Island is an island which is part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina” per Wikipedia ~ that’s the location of my latest oil pastel subject. Pea Island, an oil pastel (7×15) was painted on cream tinted Mi-Teintes pastel … Continue reading
Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings
Tagged art, beach, dune, dune grass, fine art, impressionist, ocean, oil pastels, painting, pastels, sand
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Oil Pastels by Mary 