By The Sea, By The Sea
by Lois Bryan
Title
By The Sea, By The Sea
Artist
Lois Bryan
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art / Photography Based Digital Hand-painting
Description
As Hurricane Jose swung up the East Coast of the US in September of 2017 and slammed into the Outer Banks portion of North Carolina that juts out into the Atlantic, those of us who had chosen to spend our vacation there held our breath and crossed our fingers. Our house in the Corolla / Whalehead area was situated right on the ocean front. It was a home we'd enjoyed visiting for many years and we were delighted to revisit. That we would be riding out a hurricane with her hadn't been in our plans, but we knew it would make for an exciting week we'd never forget.
Even after Jose left the area and the skies began to clear, the choppy sea and the waves crashing over themselves in various levels continued to tease and tickle the sandy shoreline. Necessity has caused the locals to create strong dunes which usually do a good job of protecting the valuable real estate located along the shore ... and in this case the dunes in the Corolla area held fast.
I can remember a visit many years previous when we were visiting at Nags Head / Kitty Hawk, a bit further south from Corolla. We awoke early on the last morning of our stay, to an odd noise roaring at us from the direction of the beach. As the tv really had't worked all week, and we'd not bothered with radio, our surprise at traveling north, chased by a hurricane and the monotonous drone of the Civil Defense alert and the warnings from a guy on the radio with a strong southern accent, was significant. Back then, and in that area, there were no dunes to hold back Mother Nature's fury.
I often wondered what happened to that sweet little house.
But how lovely it all is when the bad stuff is over ....
Fine art purchases of this image will not include a watermark, and if I may make a recommendation ... this image will look its very best on the fine art paper choice of "picture rag."
This image was NOT created using AI - Artificial Intelligence.
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Comments (25)
Hanne Lore Koehler
Fantastic capture and artistic digital special effects, Lois! Beautiful abstract ocean impression! L/F
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's Z IS FOR ZEE (Zee is Dutch for sea)! You are invited to add this wonderful art to the features archive,
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your excellent artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home, 2/17/2019! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit
Laurel Adams
This is one of my personal favorites of your digital painted work! Beautiful Lois!
Lois Bryan replied:
Laurel, thank you ... it's one of my favorites too ... i'm honored that you enjoyed it!!
Lori Pittenger
Congratulations Lois, your outstanding artwork has been featured on the leading page of “Impressionism” group! Feel free to add it to the featured art archive and the catalogs in the group’s discussions. Excellent work, this is a favorite of mine! Lori
Lois Bryan replied:
Lori, many thanks!!! Apologies for such a late response ... you know how much I admire the work in your group!!! To be honored with a feature always makes my day!!! Thank you again. I have tweeted the group.
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique image’s being Featured in “The Artistic Aperture” group, and also Liked, Favorited, and Facebooked.
Lois Bryan replied:
Thanks so much for the feature and all the support, Bob ... I truly appreciate it!!
Kathi Mirto
Love these soothing tones and beautiful skilled digital work, dear Lois, can't tell it apart from an oil painting! Super story to go along with it! Hope the little house made it! :O) FL
Lois Bryan replied:
Kathi thank you so much ... you are such a dear and I hope you know how much I truly appreciate your support!!!!
Angela Davies
Love the dreamy mood and helps to know summer will return this time of year, LF
Lois Bryan replied:
Thanks so much Angela !!!! Yes, though we're just at the beginnings of winter here, summer will return eventually!!!
Wendi Donaldson Laird
Looks amazing, Lois...must have been an exciting time by the sounds of it! Great memory for you with this piece!
Lois Bryan replied:
Thank you so much Wendi ... it was!!! Though I admit, I baked cookies during the worst of it all!!!
Swedish Attitude Design
What a Delicious Masterpiece you've have created here Very detailed and Excellent Executed! 💫 I wish you a Happy 2019 💫 ~ Sincerely Cia ~
Yoonhee Ko
Marvelous digital painting!! Lois! The incredible textures look like real paint!! Wonderful work!! May you have the best year ahead... Happy New Year! l/f
Lori Pittenger
Simply gorgeous artwork Lois. I can almost feel the wind and the water spray. Love this! Happy New Year to you and I am excited to see what you create in 2019..cheers! Lori
Lois Bryan replied:
A million thanks, Lori ... your reaction is exactly what I was hoping for with this one!!!! Thank you ... and here's to a fabulous 2019 for you and your loved ones as well!!!
Wes Iversen
Beautifully painted, Lois! Glad that the "bad stuff" is over and that the dunes held! L/F
Lois Bryan replied:
thank you, Wes ... it's such a beautiful area ... my heart is in my throat whenever hurricane season brings trouble their way!!
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