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After your vacation at the beach has become
a fond memory, these realistic depictions of the tiny treasures along the
shoreline will grace your home, remind you of the time, and restore your spirit.
When was the last time you
sat on the sand and wondered just how did all of these diverse stones come to
be? This deep wondering is exactly what Caroline Kwas seeks to inspire.
For her, rocks are a clue to the origins of our planet, an intimate history of
Earth. They span an unthinkable period of time and hold silent secrets within
their small being. Her work opens these mysteries to us and allows us to
contemplate them, and reawakens a reverence for the natural order of things.
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Joy
48" x 36"
Original Oil on
Birch Panel
$5,200 |
 One single
broken shell. Let your eye take a colorful ride and slide around the
sand-smoothed planes of this beautiful Atlantic Whelk. Let Nature
decorate your environment with her chosen palette of cooling mauves and
violets set against warm orange she sets naturally on the beach.
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Les
Petits Cailloux
22" x 28"
Original Oil on
Birch Panel
$3,200
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 A
wonderful array of colorful petite stones and violet slipper shells
sprinkled amongst emerald seaweed and bathed by cool sea foam. Ahhh... |
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Breakwater Angels
16" x 32"
Original Oil on Masonite
$3,200 |
 Shades of lively violet are woven with warm burnt sienna and oranges and
created a vibrant painting that describes the North Shore beaches of Long Island. A
study in the small, these tiny shells lead you to explore each individual
and soothe your eyes. |
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Rough Riders
32" x 48"
Original Oil on
Masonite
$5,800 |
 Rolling,
bumping, thundering boulders! If you have ever stood at the shoreline
and listened to the ocean, you know the bass rumble of the wildly colored
stones as Nature casts them against one another...
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Ditch Plains
Shoreline 12" x 24"
Original Oil on Masonite
$1,800 |
 This painting shows the wild rocky coastline of Montauk, Long Island.
Caroline Kwas captures the feel of the ocean surf washing over these
glacially deposited rocks and invites you step inside and marvel at the
small beauty that is overlooked far too often. |
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Sand and Stripes 24" x 30"
Original Oil on
Birch Panel
$2,750 |
 In what would seem to be a motionless, unchanging scene, the flowing path of
sand echoes the course of a receding wave and the winding patterns within
and among the stones captures the tranquil, energizing movement of the sea.
A scene to meditate by! |
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Shells: Study in
Purple 24" x 30"
Original Oil on
Birch Panel
$2,750 |
“I am captivated by the vibrancy and the unique qualities of purple in
this intimate landscape. Purple has the energy of red, yet the
soothing qualities of blue, making it a very dynamic color.”
A macro view of the shoreline
composed entirely of Atlantic Slipper Shells, this piece has an abstract
feeling to it despite its painterly realistic rendering. Movement within an
otherwise stable subject matter leads your eye through the piece to rest on
this form, and then be coaxed along further by crisp linework.
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