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What do you see when you get to the shoreline? One of the spectacular things about the Hamptons ocean beach is that you see infinity at the horizon. Your eyes stretch out and relax with no barriers or blockages to obstruct your view.  You have arrived and all you have...

Painting outdoors is tough.  First you must lug the equipment over sand and then secure the easel and your hat in the changing wind, all while ignoring insects and remembering to apply sunscreen.  The list seems endless.  You need stamina, but there is nothing like...

How do you remember your time spent at the ocean? Is it walking along the shore, heading away from the crowd with a deep exhale? Or maybe you recall taking a running start off the hot sand and a crash dive into an on coming wave? Is it hazy and humid or bright and...

    When snow is predicted, I can't help but dream about those carefree days of summer at the ocean. This is from my series of small oil paintings to help keep the sea close no matter where you are. Warm Wishes for 2015! Casey

Do you have to remind yourself to slow down? I know I do.  I have a blunt reminder to check my pace when I leave my home every day.  I back out of my driveway, ride to the end of the road and 20 feet directly in front of me is the bay. An official red stop sign on my...

Sammy’s Beach is surrounded by clear sparkling water. It sits right between Gardiner’s Bay on one side, and 3 Mile Harbor on the other. Light is bouncing and reflecting everywhere making this place one of the most beautiful on Earth. I started this painting on a very...

There is a quiet hush that we feel when the water is still like glass.  You hear only the gentle lapping of the tide and maybe a buzzing buy ativan online inspect going by.  The blues and green are sumptuous and deliver a peaceful softness that allows you to relax....

The day I was out painting at Accabonac Harbor was dreamlike. Out in the distance sitting on the green marsh grass was what I thought was a large piece of gray driftwood.  My eyes went on to scan the panorama, searching for the composition that I would describe on my...

It’s scary to jump in and just start drawing in ink. Sketching at the beach though is perfect.  Nobody is really paying attention to you so you are free to try it.  People are in their own world, lost in their own thoughts and looking buy phentermine hcl online very...

I especially love those gray days at the ocean when it is balmy and the sun is trying to shine through the clouds. The colors are subtle and unexpected. The first thing you do when you get to the water’s edge is take a deep https://onlinezolpidembuy.com/ breath.  All...

The big wide horizontal of the ocean stretches wider than your peripheral vision can take in.  You have to turn your head all the way left and then all the way right to take it all in. No wonder you feel such vast space. Then the charge of the wave rumbling toward...

Kids at the beach are so free.  You can see it in the way they move their bodies.  On the wide beach parents can let them run, cartwheel, jump and roll on the soft sand.  The children own freedom in a way that they cannot anywhere else. At the uncrowded beach you can...

I promised to get back to this sea of lavender that I photographed last week and paint it.  I must say, spending the week in the city only intensified my love for this stunning flower field by the ocean. It’s not quite finished but after a few hours painting in the...

I was driving the less traveled road from a foggy morning at the ocean. The sun got brighter as I drove north toward Sag Harbor. I was thinking about how amazing it is to have sandy ocean beaches butting up against lush green farm fields when I came upon this sea of...

  You would think that spending more time in the city would shift my artistic point of view away from the sea.  Quite the opposite occurred.  I crave the water more than ever.  When I finally came back to the ocean it was such a lift and a relief. What a treasure...