Beach Day, mixed
media on canvas, 10”x10”
I still keep coming up with ideas I wish I had thought of
for the 2011 Project. This
is one of those examples. I did
use some sandpaper
in one of the pieces, but I hadn’t thought of encrusting the edges of the
canvas in sand as I did with this piece for my upcoming installation.
I added the sand and some sandpaper because I knew that Beach
Day needed more than vintage postcards of
beach scenes. The cards have beach
scenes from Florida to California with a heavy dose of Cape Cod including
Kalmus Beach. Kalmus is a beach I
grew up near in Hyannis, named for Herbert Kalmus who donated the land. He was also the inventor of
Technicolor. While a motion
picture film process, where would the sky in old postcards be without the
influence of Technicolor? Beach
Day itself refers to a certain type of summer day, when the weather is just
right, and it’s a perfect time to go to the beach. If you live near a beach, you know….
Prints of this piece are available from Society 6.
