The Tactile Coast: Cape Elizabeth

12x12 in. Original mixed media, acrylic, pebble and oil painting, on gallery wrapped canvas.

Created from a photograph I captured while visiting Cape Elizabeth, this piece is both memory and material. Real pebbles are collaged into the shoreline, blurring the line between representation and reality. The coast is not only seen — it is felt.

Thick, expressive layers of paint echo the movement of water and wild coastal flowers, while the lighthouse stands steady against a shifting sky. The textured surface invites you closer, asking you to experience the rhythm of land and sea through touch as much as sight.

This work is a reflection on presence — on standing at the edge of something vast, grounded by stone, softened by light, and reminded of both strength and beauty along the shore.