Setting Sun

Today was a very contemplative one. It was a day of acceptance. I've come to accept that I can't do everything I want to do, that there will never be enough time, that my body doesn't do what it used to, and that I have never been and still am not a landscape/pleinair artist.

I knew going into the trip that it was for the experience and not for the perfection, and I have learned much. I will finish the paintings that I started and will continue to make art this trip. And in the annals of history they will say of me, "at landscapes she failed miserably" and hopefully they will add that "in her other painting she excelled" ;-}

On the brighter side, I also accepted that I love being a photographer. So, enjoy my evening on the beach at Newport, Oregon...

Beach Birds II


Beach Bird III


Cracked Crab I


Cracked Crab II


Cracked Crab III


Heavenly Stones


Sandy Shell I


Sandy Shell II


Ocean View


Beach Contemplation


Walking the Beach


Beach Walk in the Setting Sun


Beach Bypass


Beach Couple at Sunset


Fun in the Setting Sun


Boat In the Sunset


Sunset I


Sunset II


Sunset III


Sunset IV