The "Surf's Up"
on the north side of Indian River Inlet, Delaware
The 'Surf's Up" on the north side of Indian River Inlet in this conservation framed original oil painting.
It's dusk and the color of both water and sky are changing with the angle of the sun as it begins to sink lower behind the dunes where we are standing. Those dunes are where my young son and I used to watch his dad and all of the board action.
This oil is painted from happy memories. This stretch of beach is a favorite of local surfers, who call it "The Cove". By clicking the link, you'll be taken to another painting I've done of the same place but from the perspective of feet planted in the surf. It's one of my favorites.
There's another name for this section of beach, "Coin Beach." Beneath the smooth waves on the left side of the painting still lies the remains of a 1700s shipwreck, which when storms come along even over 300 years later releases some of its treasures ~ copper coins, shoe buckles, pieces of worm eaten timber and more.
I've spent countless days walking this beach in search of artifacts from The Faithful Steward. If you stop in my studio either I or my manager, Duane, will be glad to show you a few shipwreck coins found there.
You can read more about the treasures that wash up on the Delaware Coast by clicking on Treasure Beaches of the Mid-Atlantic and Treasure Legends of the Mid-Atlantic.
Ellen
It's dusk and the color of both water and sky are changing with the angle of the sun as it begins to sink lower behind the dunes where we are standing. Those dunes are where my young son and I used to watch his dad and all of the board action.
This oil is painted from happy memories. This stretch of beach is a favorite of local surfers, who call it "The Cove". By clicking the link, you'll be taken to another painting I've done of the same place but from the perspective of feet planted in the surf. It's one of my favorites.
There's another name for this section of beach, "Coin Beach." Beneath the smooth waves on the left side of the painting still lies the remains of a 1700s shipwreck, which when storms come along even over 300 years later releases some of its treasures ~ copper coins, shoe buckles, pieces of worm eaten timber and more.
I've spent countless days walking this beach in search of artifacts from The Faithful Steward. If you stop in my studio either I or my manager, Duane, will be glad to show you a few shipwreck coins found there.
You can read more about the treasures that wash up on the Delaware Coast by clicking on Treasure Beaches of the Mid-Atlantic and Treasure Legends of the Mid-Atlantic.
Ellen
