Coastal Glow

The ocean does not wait for a good time to be beautiful.

It just is — relentlessly, dramatically, without apology. A sky ablaze with pinks, oranges, and golds sweeps across the canvas, spilling its reflection across waves that crash and foam in deep blues and purples below. A dark mountain anchors the left. An old pier reaches from the right. And in the middle of all of it, the water holds the light like it was made for exactly this.

This is the kind of sunset that stops a conversation mid-sentence. The kind that makes you put your phone down. The kind you don't photograph because you already know the photo won't do it justice.

This painting was created in a guided instructional setting. While the composition was instructor-led, every brushstroke is my own, painted with joy and a whole lot of color.