"Summer Respite," Celebration Series no. 9 - in progress
I started this painting longing for warmer weather and sultry summer days on the beach as I watched nearly a foot of snow from a week earlier very, very slowly melt around my studio. It's beautiful, but we had to close the studio for several days due to thick ice and compacted icy snow on the street and driveway. The worst is the cold. The best is the fact that snow reflects beautiful light into my studio.
This painting is of a quiet moment near the conclusion of an ideal summer day at the beach. You've basked in the sun, swum and dived into the surf to your heart's content, read, played ball (or surf fished), chatted with friends.... replete. Now it's just you, the gulls, and the sun setting over the bay on the far side of the dunes. Dinner will soon beck enjoyed.
I love the feel of this one. It brings back so many good memories.
"Summer Respite" can be spoken for while in progress via the dropdown menu below, in person in my studio or via phone at (302) 539-3405. Expected completion date is the first week of February 2025. I'm painting it with the very slow oil glazing method, working on it alternately with larger studio paintings, so it's taking time.
The Celebration paintings are strictly limited to 25 in celebration of my studio & gallery's 25th anniversary. All are signed in oils on the front and signed, titled and numbered with the words Ellen Rice Studio & Gallery Celebration Series on the back of the painting's stretcher bars or linen panels.
When dry, they can be picked up in my studio, held for you or shipped via fully insured FedEx.
Please note: these digital images only approximate the colors of the actual painting. The colors and natural glow of original paintings are best appreciated in person. You can see from the different images how different light and angles change colors. I think the first one on the whitish background is closer, but it's somewhere in between.
