by LDUS2530 | Feb 11, 2019 | Breath of Salt Air
Is there something magical about the ocean? I think so, that’s why I keep going back to it as a source for contemplative reflection and art inspiration. I found this bit of magic when I was just 10 years old, walking by the shore’s edge with a soft breeze...
by LDUS2530 | Jan 19, 2019 | Breath of Salt Air
Do you have a memory of the beach from your childhood? I was around 8 and with my Dad standing on the shoreline in Montauk, New York. The waves were pounding so loudly they were shattering my ears. I had seen the ocean before but this was different…..the waves must...
by LDUS2530 | Nov 19, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air
https://caseyart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Time-lapse.m4v Painting the ocean on this larger scale gives me such a thrill. It is a feeling parallel to being at the beach. I feel a positive emotion in the moment that is exhilarating. The curve of the falling...
by LDUS2530 | Nov 6, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air
Why do we love the beach so much? There is a unique quality experienced at the ocean, an encounter that has no substitute. It is the essence of what my ocean paintings are about. First, there is the sound that you notice right away. The rhythmic pounding...
by LDUS2530 | Aug 21, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air
It’s been a hot summer and the day I painted this at Balsam Farms in Amagansett was no exception. I started the painting in the early morning. By the time I got my general composition down, the heat and humidity were bearing down but I shrugged it off. The...
by LDUS2530 | Apr 24, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air
In Malibu, California much of the shoreline is compressed between mountains and the wild energy of the sea. It’s quite a different sensation than what I feel walking on a beach at home in the Hamptons. I feel a bit constricted on the West Coast as if I am...
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