Acrylic on canvas 36 x 48 by Brendan Burns
This is painted from various photographs and memories of Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. If you have been there then you will recognize this type of scenery. The water, like most of the Caribbean, is a lucid blue that is difficult to accurately describe as it changes naturally with the sunlight, or cloud cover and time of day. It is often vivid turquoise with areas of lime green and darker blue where there is sea grass or deeper water. The contrast between the water, the sky and the white sand and green palms is simply poetic. I could paint scenes like this for a very long time. The shadows of the palm leaves dance in the sunlight on the sand and the waves roll gently onto the beach most of the time. I look forward to painting many more images from my travels in the Caribbean and to a dedicated exhibition of my paintings.
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Hi Brendan, I'm so amazed by the realism in your paintings! I find that replicating another painting really helps in developing a strong painting technique.
Just wanted to let you know that I wrote about your visit on the Quest art blog (www.questartists.blogspot.com). If you scroll down a little bit, you'll see a bunch of photos. Thank you for visiting us, I'm glad I was substituting that day!
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