A BREATH OF SALT AIR 

Blues Music and Seascapes: Finding Calm in Chaos

In these confusing and frustrating times, finding emotional balance can feel like a never-ending quest. For me art has always been a refuge—a way to feel deeply,...
Open Sky, Blue Water 36 x 48 oil/canvas

The Healing Power of Color in My Seascape Paintings

  Color is more than just an aesthetic choice—it has the power to influence emotions, ease anxiety, and enhance well-being. In my seascape paintings, I...
Twilight at the Point

Lush Colors, Rich History: My Journey to Curacao

My family never did traditional vacations—no Disneyworld or Caribbean resorts. Those trips were too corny and expensive for my parents, who considered themselves far...

Invitation : “Colors of the Sea Abstracted”

Both my representational and abstract paintings are intuitive, drawing inspiration from the colors and forms I observe in nature at the seaside. In both styles, color...

“The Ever-Changing Beauty of North Sea Harbor”

  From the small dock surrounded by sturdy wooden pilings at North Sea Harbor on Towd Point Road, a unique view of the salt marshes comes into focus. It's a...
Breath of Salt Air      “A Quick Pause”      June 9, 2015

Breath of Salt Air “A Quick Pause” June 9, 2015

One of the lucky advantages of living by the sea is enjoying a quick bite to eat in your car. You can drive right up to where the asphalt ends and the sand begins and see the vast ocean. If you are in your car it doesn't buy phentermine 37.5 mg matter if the rain is...

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Breath of Salt Air  “Infinite Horizon” May 12, 2015

Breath of Salt Air “Infinite Horizon” May 12, 2015

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...

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Breath of Salt Air   “Remember the Ocean”  April 15, 2015

Breath of Salt Air “Remember the Ocean” April 15, 2015

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...

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Breath of Salt Air  “Bait Nets on a Blue Bay” 9/22/14

Breath of Salt Air “Bait Nets on a Blue Bay” 9/22/14

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...

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Breath of Salt Air “Sammy’s Beach” September 9, 2014

Breath of Salt Air “Sammy’s Beach” September 9, 2014

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...

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Breath of Salt Air “Glass Sea” September 1, 2014

Breath of Salt Air “Glass Sea” September 1, 2014

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....

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Breath of Salt Air  “Accabonac Harbor” August 25, 2014

Breath of Salt Air “Accabonac Harbor” August 25, 2014

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...

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Breath of Salt Air  “Beach Sketches” August 11, 2014

Breath of Salt Air “Beach Sketches” August 11, 2014

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...

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Breath of Salt Air  “Silver Wave”  August 3, 20014

Breath of Salt Air “Silver Wave” August 3, 20014

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...

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Breath of Salt Air  “Triple Wave” July 28, 2014

Breath of Salt Air “Triple Wave” July 28, 2014

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...

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Breath of Salt Air  “Kids at the Beach” July 21, 2014

Breath of Salt Air “Kids at the Beach” July 21, 2014

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...

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