Title: Sea Escape #11
Artist: Sandra Kavanaugh
Medium: Pastel on paper
Dimensions: 6" × 8"
Overview
Sea Escape #11 is a vibrant small-format maritime pastel by contemporary New England artist Sandra Kavanaugh. This 6" × 8" seascape captures the energy of a wave breaking along the shoreline, balancing translucent green water with bright white spray, shoreline foam, and cool coastal depth.
Why Collect This Work
Compact yet full of movement, Sea Escape #11 brings the freshness and force of the shoreline into an intimate format. A rolling emerald-green swell rises at center left before breaking into wind-swept white water and airborne spray. The pale foreground shoreline anchors the composition and leads the eye into the churning surf, creating a lively sense of motion, light, and coastal atmosphere.
Highlights
- Original artwork: One-of-a-kind pastel painting by Sandra Kavanaugh.
- Coastal subject: A breaking shoreline wave with sea spray, rolling green water, and foam washing across shallow surf.
- Energetic mood: Fresh, active, and maritime, with the immediacy of moving water and wind-swept spray.
- Appealing palette: Seafoam green, emerald, teal, cobalt blue, crisp white, and soft slate gray.
- Display appeal: A compact 6" × 8" size suited for a gallery wall, beach house, study, hallway, office, shelf display, or maritime art collection.
Technique and Surface
- Medium: Professional-grade soft pastels on textured fine art paper.
- Technique: Layered scumbling, fine pastel flecks, and blended strokes suggest explosive sea spray, translucent water, and the weight of the moving wave.
- Composition: A balanced horizontal arrangement places the rolling wave at center left and opens into a vertical burst of white foam and spray on the right.
- Style: Contemporary Impressionism and marine art, emphasizing atmospheric light, active water texture, and immediate visual impact.
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.
