'All Things Southern' Feature: "Castle Foundations"

"Castle Foundations"

20" x 24"

Oil on Canvas

 

Shhhh!  Don't tell anyone!  You don't have to go out of the country to find most beautiful beaches in the world.  I just don't want it to get too crowded, so don't tell anyone!  It's been called "The Emerald Coast" because of it's amazing blue-green-turquoise-aqua clear waters; "The Miracle Strip" because, well, can the sand be any whiter?  Also, called "The Redneck Riviera" because it's our little paradise in the Deep South.  From the coast of Alabama through the panhandle of Florida, this area on the Gulf of Mexico is the gathering place for people across our region and a bunch of snowbirds, too! 

 

It's where memories are made....with your family when you're building sandcastles and playing with boogie boards, with your buddies in high school and college.  Then the circle comes back around and you're introducing the little ones in your family to that strip of shoreline that is

a tonic to the work-weary soul.....it doesn't get much better!

 

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please visit my website at this link:

http://barbaradavisart.com/works/1193740

Thanks for looking!

Somewhere Under the Rainbow

Anyone want to go to the beach? It's so hot, I'm not sure the beach is even where I want to be today! Even so, I hope this one cools you off a bit and makes you feel the breeze off the water. Stay cool....somewhere under the rainbow!

Family Tradition

Happy Summer, everyone! We're near the official kickoff of this great season and I wanted to post this one for two reasons. One - it represents one of Alabama's great family traditions...spending time at the beach!! This one depicts an older (ahem...maybe middle aged) woman who I like to think is introducing this little girl (a daughter, a niece, a granddaughter?) to the Gulf. There's also a teenager/young woman in the upper left hand corner representing that time in your life when you'd rather be at the beach with your friends. We always come full circle though and back to family! I'm so happy that I can say my best friends are family! Okay - reason number 2 - I just took this painting and others to Lyon's Share Gallery in Fairhope, AL and I'm so excited that they will now have my work! Stop by if you're around there on your next visit to the Gulf Shores/Orange Beach area!

"Turning Pink" *SOLD*

Days at Florida's panhandle make up so many memories of my life...the most beautiful beaches in the world are at my back door and I have always known how blessed I am to be so close. Words can't express the feelings I have when I think this could all be different for a very long time. This painting reminds me of the way my grandfather and father played with us endlessly in the water...the things so many families have shared on these white sands.

Catchin' A Breeze *SOLD*

This is one of the paintings that I just delivered recently to a new gallery I'm in at Seaside, Florida - the L2 Gallery. It is a lovely gallery in a beautiful town! If you're in the area, please stop by!