Going to the beach. Feel like joining me? The water is warm, really!
Looking at the surf, the sand, the crashing waves. Relaxing…..
Strolling along, playing in the warm wet sand. My feet are wet, and pants now soaked to the knees!
Just having some fun, down at the beach.
The Beach
It can be So inviting.
And then, so stormy, dark and rough.
Always something New
So many faces of the sea, the beach, the shoreline.
Something new, something different every time.
No wonder we never become tired of going down to the beach.
I don’t go nearly as often as I’d like. It is a bit of a drive for me.
I should go more often though.
Plein Air
In a couple of homes, we lived just a few blocks away from the water.
Fortune smiled. Lucky!!
Living so close to the water was a real treat for me and I would take full advantage of it, nearly every day.
That’s most likely the origins of my “Zen Strolls” come to think about it.
That regular ‘zen’ experience of strolling the shores, was certainly a period of time that has impacted my art.
These walks and their images are imbedded in my mind.
And, you probably can tell this, through the art I create and how I create it.
Authenticity
I think, this is one of the reasons I so strongly advocate beginners paint outside.
To paint from Real Life, from real objects.
Things that they can touch and feel.
Things that reach in and touch them.
Not to rely, depend, need, photographic references for every painting they create.
Touch the audience
It is this way, that the Spark, vigor and vitality of the subject (whatever it is) can be conveyed onto the paper or canvas.
If the artist has been touched and moved emotionally by the subject,
then they have a chance to create something that touches and moves the audience…the viewers.
Which is, of course my goal in painting.
To express and touch, to move the audience.
Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose.
But, I always have that as my destination.
Sea and Beach Images
Beach and Sea shore photographs and paintings showing the differing moods, days, feelings the sea and shore evokes in us.
The Sea and beach, for me its a bit of zen.
My Featured Painting “Going to the Beach” was done in oils, on canvas.
The canvas size was 3′ x4′ it was large and fun! I used a brush this time.
debi riley 
Thanks for s visit at my favorite place to be Debi 🏄🏾☀️
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sorry, all my replies sent… went missing! thank you Karen 🙂 it was, is, a lovely place to go and I am very pleased that you enjoyed the scenic route I took 🙂 cheers, debi
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Sea pictures can be tranquil or SO full of action. I really like the action ones.
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you are so right! I’m happy there were plenty for you to find some favorites in there 🙂 thanks!
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Beautiful work. So very evocative
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thank you, Rajiv. that is what I was aiming for!! cheers, debi
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Oh yes most definitely,so important to paint an plein air. Love the paintings!
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thank you thank you Miss M!
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That is a great collection of seascapes. Painting on location is fun….. but never understood why so many folk gyrate to you and lean over your shoulder to see what you are doing…..they never do that when I have my camera (on or off its tripod) 🙂
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artists… ie painters, are so ‘commonly’ seen as mere Sunday outing hobbyists out to ‘fill in the time’ is probably the crux of it. Whereas THE Camera, oh. That just might be “Professional” …. seriously, this is how some think. And so, I have been told. Yes. I am rolling my eyes, a tiny bit. lol
Thank you David, these pics were lovely mementos. so I’m pleased that you also enjoyed them! cheers, debi
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Wowza – each painting was my favorite until I saw the next! Beautiful Debi!!
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thanks!! the only ‘new’ painting to WP was the featured one. the rest have been shown in the past, but were good ‘candidates’ for this post. Sea Coves with its granulation….. Is interesting.
thank you Jodi 🙂
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WOW! Photographs are so beautiful, the blue colour hits me, and your paintings more beautiful, dreamy blue….. Thank you dear Debi, you almost carried me too there. Love, nia
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hi Nia, thank you so much, that is so lovely of you to say! yes, that blue is quite attractive 🙂 glad that these images worked some magic!!! cheers, debi have a lovely weekend too ❤
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So wonderful!
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thank you Nico 🙂
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Beautiful images and paintings Debi. I’ll join you for a stroll on the beach any time – I love the beach and being by the sea. It’s a wonderful source of inspiration….
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lets GO!! I knew You would Evelyn 🙂 thank you, for such a lovely comment – I appreciate it! cheers, debi
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HI Debi – your beach paintings and photography is so tantalizing. Thank you for sharing your beautiful and inspiring art.
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thank you so much Sharon! I’m tickled that you enjoyed the images 🙂
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gorgeous… makes me yearn to be there…
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thank you! yes! I chomp at the bit, wanting to be there so often – then the drive, puts me off. I think we are all like that though. and once we are there…. we never want to leave 🙂 have a lovely, weekend!!
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There’s something so liberating using a brush, which so often takes on a life of its own don’t you think. I love the blues and indigos in Along the Shores. This is such an uplifting post Debi.
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Nice work, loved it.
BTW have a look at my story
https://alinazeer.com/275
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