Sarah Adams

Sarah Adams paints large format oils of the coastal scenes near her Cornwall studio.
These works are inspired by the abstract forms of rocks and sea caves framing keyhole glimpses of the sea.

http://sarahadamspainting.co.uk

Rocks

Some marines I found on the Bonhams auction house site. I neglected to post them when the auction was current, in September last year. But better late than never.

There's a lot of white paint, contrasted with near blacks, in these works, which are all (I think) of rocky parts of East Coast of the US.

The first one is by Abraham Bogdanove, an artist born in Minsk (now in Belarus) who found the Maine Coast (particularly the rugged rocks of Monhegan Island) an endless source of inspiration.

The second is by contemporary painter Michael B Karas.

Two works by Frederick Judd Waugh follow.


Here are some beautiful nautical works from an upcoming Bonhams marine auction
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20482/

Montague Dawson, Eventide.
Antonio Jacobsen, the ship County of Ediburgh stranded on a beach.
Antonio Jacobsen, The ship El Rio at sea.

Guy Rose - American

Point Lobos - 1918

Ray Roberts - American

Some plein air studies focussing on the movement of waves around rocks.

Alfred Lys Baldry

Rocks at Adgwith,
Cornwall,
Pastel
25.3 x 28 cms

Priscilla Treacy

Rocks-ocean, (medium unknown)

An interesting composition demonstrating that a marine environment can be evoked without depicting expanses of open sea. The amount of seawater in this work is minimal, and much of it could be just wet sand reflecting the sky. There is no need to show more than a small patch of sky in an upper corner - it is evoked very effectively by the reflection. Cropping out the superfluous from the composition can allow the painting to communicate the beauty and mood of the ocean more effectively, and evoke a very specific sense of place. A painting need not be a novel, it can be a poem - something small in scope but infinite in suggestion.

Subtle colours were laid over a dark, monochrome underpainting to create interesting, magical shadows.

http://www.priscilltreacyfineart.com/

Jervis McEntee

Bass Rocks

Though there is little in the right of the composition to counterbalance the mass of rock, the painting works because the rocks are the subject of the painting and extend over the midline of the composition.

Christopher Blossom - American, born 1956

Late Afternoon Surf, 9 x 12 inches


Ocean Point, 10 x 12 inches

Edgar Payne - American 1883-1947

Waves Breaking Along a Rocky Coast,
20 x 24 inches

Rockbound, 30 x 40 inches

Tim Solliday - American

Malibu Coast, 14 x 18 inches

Peter Graham, R.A. 1836 -1921 Scottish

Haunt of the Sea Mew



Ocean's Surge, 1900

Paul Dougherty - American

36 x 34 inches

Surf Encircled, 15 x 18 inches