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Aug 8, 2014
Media: Oil Sketch on Telati Pintura Oil Primed Linen Panel
Size: 6x8 in
As I said in a previous post, I returned to the Oregon
Coast on Christmas Eve, and made my way down to Bandon by the 27th. Just before the end of the year I managed to
finish this sketch of part of Bandon Beach from the cliffs at the Face Rock
overlook (I will deal with Face Rock in a future post). This gives you a bit of an idea of the coast
here at Bandon; islands and sea stacks, reminiscent of Bedruthan Steps, North
Cornwall near where I lived for many years.
Bedruthan was wilder in feel since it was miles from any town, and it
was more personal in a way since most of the sea stacks were closer in to the
shore, but there are corners of Bandon Beach where this is true also. An aside here ... Bedruthan Steps was named for
a giant who in fleeing from the Devil ran across the sea stacks to his escape;
the Devil seems to have certain real estate connected with him in Cornwall as
well as numerous acreages here in Oregon, although Oregon seems to have the
edge for some reason. The island just to
the left of center, against which the wave is crashing, is called Elephant Rock
(or maybe it's Island). There is just a
hint of why this is so called in my sketch, and there seems to be a frieze of elephants
within the island seen from various vantage points; once seen ... not
forgotten. Table Rock is the one on the
far right in the distance; at the time of this writing it is covered in nesting
Cormorants, along with many of the others, which I just noticed the other
day. And not forgetting the tech-heads,
the imprimatura is Venetian Red, and
the pigments used were the triad of Yellow Ochre, Venetian Red and Cobalt Blue
plus Titanium White (all W&N); a restricted palette, but a useful one I'm
finding.
As I said in a previous post, I returned to the Oregon
Coast on Christmas Eve, and made my way down to Bandon by the 27th. Just before the end of the year I managed to
finish this sketch of part of Bandon Beach from the cliffs at the Face Rock
overlook (I will deal with Face Rock in a future post). This gives you a bit of an idea of the coast
here at Bandon; islands and sea stacks, reminiscent of Bedruthan Steps, North
Cornwall near where I lived for many years.
Bedruthan was wilder in feel since it was miles from any town, and it
was more personal in a way since most of the sea stacks were closer in to the
shore, but there are corners of Bandon Beach where this is true also. An aside here ... Bedruthan Steps was named for
a giant who in fleeing from the Devil ran across the sea stacks to his escape;
the Devil seems to have certain real estate connected with him in Cornwall as
well as numerous acreages here in Oregon, although Oregon seems to have the
edge for some reason. The island just to
the left of center, against which the wave is crashing, is called Elephant Rock
(or maybe it's Island). There is just a
hint of why this is so called in my sketch, and there seems to be a frieze of elephants
within the island seen from various vantage points; once seen ... not
forgotten. Table Rock is the one on the
far right in the distance; at the time of this writing it is covered in nesting
Cormorants, along with many of the others, which I just noticed the other
day. And not forgetting the tech-heads,
the imprimatura is Venetian Red, and
the pigments used were the triad of Yellow Ochre, Venetian Red and Cobalt Blue
plus Titanium White (all W&N); a restricted palette, but a useful one I'm
finding.
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