Shorebirds

Oil On Canvas

24x24 inches

2026

Few places in the world feel like the beaches in Ventura county, where the Pacific Ocean meets the shore in soft, rolling waves and the Santa Monica mountains rise quietly in the distance, purple and misty against an open sky. It is a landscape of rare and gentle beauty, and this painting was made in reverence of it.

Delicate shorebirds drift along the coastline, picking their way through wet sand on a light breeze, unhurried and at ease. They move with the tide: curious, wandering, a living reminder that change can be gentle and graceful, taken one step at a time. Cool blues, calm waters, and soft mountain silhouettes roll into one another across the canvas, the whole scene held together by a quiet, coastal light that feels uniquely, unmistakably Ventura.

A painting for those who have stood at the edge of the water, breathed deeply and felt, for a moment, that everything was exactly as it should be.

Painted with Winsor & Newton and Gamblin oils on stretched canvas, finished with a gloss varnish for richness and long-term protection. Framed in a solid maple wood floater frame, wired and ready to hang.

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