Yaquina from Afar Pastel 18” x 24” $300 © Sharon Lewis |
Somehow I have ended up painting a lighthouse series
without consciously deciding to do so. I don’t know if it’s just because I have
a love of lighthouses (I do) or because I had decided a few weeks ago to paint
on larger surfaces whenever I could and lighthouses seemed perfect for a larger
format. Either way, this is the second of three lighthouse paintings I’ve done
recently. I wanted to do this painting, which I based on some of my photos of
the west coast, because I love the lighthouse silhouetted against this
magnificent blue sky. It also shows how tiny the lighthouse and the living
quarters appear compared to the size of the land it sits on. As small as it
looks, this is Oregon’s tallest lighthouse and is made up of 370,000 bricks and
has stood steadfast through winds and storms since 1872.
Happy Almost Weekend!
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