I'm sure you'll agree with me that an artwork is not solely a collection of colours and shapes. It's so much more than that.
There's usually a bit of a story behind every painting and I thought you might like to hear how this particular painting came about.
"Two Whippets Playing in the Surf" is an oil painting on canvas panel measuring 30 x 30 cm (12" x 12")
We'd visited the beach on a Wednesday. It was quiet, not many people about and all the children at school. The beach belonged to the dog walkers and those with time to dawdle, like us.
On the sand that particular day were two dark brown whippets frolicking in the sea under a blushing pink sky. They reminded me of children racing in and out of the waves.
There are no children with me on a daily basis any more. They're all off living their own lives, which if truth were told gives me time to paint.
For some reason much of my art has taken inspiration from the coast. After all every bit of life is there or somewhere close by, whether it's on the beach itself or in the sea or the wonderful seaside towns and villages, sometimes very refined, often not!
I paint a lot of dogs, and love their free spirits just like children on the beach. Perhaps that why I paint them.
This painting is available now online, and in time for Christmas I have also produced a print of it which if you use your SEASIDEFRIENDS discount code gives you a 15% discount.
All best wishes
Mary x
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