Title: Dune Glow
Artist: Sandra Kavanaugh
Medium: Pastel on paper
Dimensions: 6" × 8"
Overview
Dune Glow is a luminous small-format coastal landscape by contemporary New England artist Sandra Kavanaugh. This original 6" × 8" pastel captures late-afternoon light moving across sunlit dunes, warm sandbanks, and softly shifting coastal shadows.
Why Collect This Work
Compact yet radiant, Dune Glow brings the warmth and quiet movement of the shoreline into an intimate format. Rolling dune forms move diagonally through the composition, catching soft afternoon light along the ridges while lavender-blue shadows settle into the slopes below.
Highlights
- Original artwork: One-of-a-kind pastel painting by Sandra Kavanaugh.
- Coastal subject: Sunlit sand dunes, rolling beach ridges, warm shoreline grasses, and soft atmospheric distance.
- Atmospheric mood: Warm, quiet, and light-filled, with the softness of late-afternoon coastal light.
- Appealing palette: Warm peach, cream, sandy gold, lavender, violet, icy blue, and soft pink sky tones.
- Display appeal: A compact 6" × 8" horizontal format suited for a gallery wall, beach house, study, hallway, office, shelf display, or coastal art collection.
Technique and Surface
- Medium: Professional-grade soft pastels on textured fine art paper.
- Technique: Layered scumbling and soft directional strokes create the sun-warmed texture of the dunes. Bright ridge highlights suggest direct afternoon light, while gentle blending across the slopes evokes wind-shaped sand.
- Composition: A horizontal layout is shaped by rolling dune forms moving diagonally across the scene. A defined ridge near the center-right adds structure and guides the eye through sunlit grasses toward the softer distance beyond.
- Style: Contemporary Impressionism with plein-air influence, emphasizing natural light, coastal atmosphere, and subtle color transitions over photographic precision.
Inventory Status: Available for purchase online or in the gallery.
Shipping / Pickup: Shipping is available worldwide. Each artwork is securely packaged in professional archival materials, insured, and shipped globally. Complimentary local pickup is also available at our 23 North Main Street gallery.
