Title: Sea Splash
Artist: Sandra Kavanaugh
Medium: Pastel on paper
Dimensions: 9" × 12"
Overview
Sea Splash is a dynamic maritime pastel by contemporary New England artist Sandra Kavanaugh. This 9" × 12" horizontal seascape captures the power and movement of a crashing ocean wave, balancing translucent emerald water with bright white spray, churning foam, and cool coastal depth.
Why Collect This Work
Compact yet full of energy, Sea Splash brings the drama of the shoreline into an intimate format. The central emerald swell rises with weight and transparency before breaking into white spray, creating a vivid sense of motion and coastal atmosphere. Its fresh palette and expressive surface make it well-suited for collectors drawn to New England seascapes, maritime subjects, and artwork that evokes the sound, force, and beauty of the ocean.
Highlights
- Original artwork: One-of-a-kind pastel painting by Sandra Kavanaugh.
- Coastal subject: A crashing emerald wave, bright sea spray, and shallow surf captured in a horizontal seascape format.
- Atmospheric mood: Energetic, fresh, and coastal, with the immediacy of moving water and breaking foam.
- Appealing palette: Emerald green, seafoam, jade, ice blue, crisp white, deep teal, navy, and slate gray.
- Display appeal: A versatile 9" × 12" size suited for a gallery wall, beach house, study, hallway, office, or maritime art collection.
Technique and Surface
- Medium: Professional-grade soft pastels on textured fine art paper.
- Technique: Directional scumbling and sweeping pastel strokes convey wave energy, sea spray, and transparency within the moving water.
- Composition: The horizontal format places the rising wave left of center and opens into a dramatic burst of spray, with foreground foam lines guiding the eye into the emerald swell.
- Style: Contemporary Impressionism and marine art, emphasizing natural light, movement, and the force of the tide over photographic detail.
