Big Sur Beach

Oil on Canvas

20 w x 16 h inches
unframed

SOLD

detail of shoreline showing palette knife work.

The Big Sur coast of California, one of Virginia's favorite haunts, offers an inspirational landscape of spectacular cliffs, lush forest, tide pools, and sandy beaches hidden at the feet of coastal canyons.  The painting combines realistic color and emotive brushwork. The image is painted in an expressionistic style, with bold strokes and vigorous use of the palette knife.