Title: Dune Shadow #9
Artist: Sandra Kavanaugh
Medium: Pastel on paper
Dimensions: 6" × 8"
Overview
Dune Shadow #9 is a vibrant small-format coastal landscape by contemporary New England artist Sandra Kavanaugh. This original 6" × 8" pastel captures the shifting light, texture, and contours of a sunlit sand dune along the shore.
Why Collect This Work
Compact yet full of coastal energy, Dune Shadow #9 brings the warmth of beach grasses and the cool drama of dune shadows into an intimate format. Long shadows move across the steep sandbanks, while sunlit grasses glow in ochre, orange, and green, creating a lively balance of warmth, depth, and seaside atmosphere.
Highlights
- Original artwork: One-of-a-kind pastel painting by Sandra Kavanaugh.
- Coastal subject: Sunlit sand dunes, beach grass, steep shadowed ridges, and soft coastal sky.
- Atmospheric mood: Bright, breezy, and textural, with strong contrast between warm grasses and cool dune shadows.
- Appealing palette: Cool lavender, violet, canary yellow, glowing orange, moss green, ochre, and soft 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: Energetic scumbling and quick linear marks give the dune grasses texture and movement. Sharp vertical and diagonal strokes build dense clumps of sea oats, while broader sweeping applications shape the rolling sand hills.
- Composition: A horizontal layout is structured around a strong diagonal slope, with a broad shadowed dune ridge balanced by a sunlit foreground of vibrant coastal grasses.
- Style: Contemporary Impressionism with plein-air influence, emphasizing natural sunlight, shifting shadows, and coastal atmosphere over photographic detail.
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.
