Looking Down at the Beach We See the Rocky Ocean People Celebrating the Birth of a Receding Tide cutout vase the top has an array

the top has an array of character marks:  small holes

I added bold strokes of the brush and went back into the painting scratching out segments of paint

In 1989 Angela and her family (now including husband and children)

I remember being advised to make the base simple

On many mornings

Looking Down at the Beach We See the Rocky Ocean People Celebrating the Birth of a Receding Tide cutout vase the top has an arrayJan Peterson's Looking Down at the Beach.. sandpainting, 37" x 25" in oak frame. Jan Petersons paintings explore the patterns and rhythms of the oceans shorelines using one of its raw materials, sand. He uses natural sands collected from beaches throughout the world to create images that allow us to touch in with a part of the earth, to enjoy and remember the beauty, serenity, color and textures of the ocean and its inhabitants.