Gray Landscapes

Seastacks at Bandon OR

Spokane Falls WA

View from Mt. Erie WA

Landscape with tidemarks, Crescent City CA

Amongst the San Juan Islands WA

Sunrise Beachwalk, Crescent City CA

Quadriptych

Walking the beach at Crescent City, California, I was intrigued by the sand patterns... reminding me of Japanese landscape paintings. Squiggles of sandworms, and swoops of waterflow.

World in Grain of Sand Department

Minimalist or maximalist, depending on how kozmic your point of view:

The subtle radiating colors here (well, ebbing waves, but hey) remind me of what I see when I press my fingers into my eyes after a long hard day. Also slightly reminiscent of, say, the shockwaves from a supernova.

This could be one of many beaches but just happens to be one near Westport, Washington.

Sea-wrack Descending a Beach

With this I've managed to put myself in mind of some of the Northwest School artists from the '50s such as Guy Anderson, Mark Tobey, Kenneth Callahan, and Morris Graves.

A Pair of Puddles

Just beyond these humble and ephemeral pools lies the vast, eternal Pacific. Go figure.


San Diego CA




Westport WA

Sand Triptych

A bit of Hokusai, a bit of Bosch, a bit of Mark Tobey...all from the beach in La Jolla, California.

Thinking About the Beach

Florence, OR



Siuslaw River, OR



Heceta Beach, OR

Blog of Sand and Fog

Henry David Thoreau
My life is like a stroll upon the beach,
As near the ocean’s edge as I can go.


Pacific Beach, Washington