The Winning Powerball Ticket…

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beach, beach art, beach house, beach photographs, beach photography, beaches, coastal living, florida, seashell, seashell photos, seashells, tropical decor, venice beach

No I didn’t win the big Powerball this weekend, but I do feel like I’ve won the lottery every single time I get to walk along the beaches of Venice, FL.  We’ve worked hard for over 15 years to afford a place by the ocean.  Right now it is a weekend/holiday/vacation getaway and we spend as much time as possible there. Someday it will be my only home.  For now I soak up the sunshine and my winnings…

Lucky Enough

Beach Photography and Art

Sharon Cummings

2016

BEACH Art H.E.R.E.!

This Art B.I.T.E.S…

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beach, beach art, beach combers, beach decor, beaches, fossil, scuba diving, shark, shark's teeth, sharks, venice beach, venice fl, venice florida

Shark’s Tooth! A shark will lose a lot of teeth in it’s lifetime. But a fossil takes about 10,000 years to form. I’ve been inspired by all of the fossilized shark’s teeth I have found strolling along the shores of Caspersen Beach in Venice, FL. The picture below was my first try. I’ve got about 1000 teeth in a jar now. O.k. I will admit that it isn’t just strolling.  I’ve now built a homemade large sifter and am trying to figure out insulated wading pants for Winter! LOL Collecting shark’s teeth is addictive! It’s something I did for many hours a day as a kid. In fact, I wanted to be an archaeologist long before I ever considered art. 😉

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Song Of The S.E.A…

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abstract tropical art, beach, beach art, beach home, beach house decorating, beaches, beachy, beachy art, coastal, coastal decor, coastal living, modern beach house, tropical art

The Sea….She calls to me in her siren’s voice….A bewitching beauty….A deep mystery….A song for my heart and tears for my sorrow.

H.E.A.R. Her Call Here…

It’s Still BEACH Weather!

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beach, beach art, beach combers, beach decor, beach glass, beach home, beach house, beach life, beach print, beach prints, beach themed art, beaches, beachy

In Florida that is. 🙂  We’ve got another few weeks before the water is too cold to swim in comfortably and another few months before the wind and cold will make walking on it only for the die hards (yeah that would be me, but not my husband).  So I am off!

 Find Your BEACH Here!

The Days Are N.U.M.B.E.R.E.D…

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beach, beach art, beaches, california, Colorful Art, florida, hawaii, palm trees, palms, tree, trees, tropical, tropical palms, tropical trees

“Returning Home”

New Mixed Media Painting Collage

Colorful Palm Trees

Sharon Cummings

2014

The beach days are almost over here in Florida.  It comes with mixed feelings.  There is the joy of cool crisp air and a chance to be outside on the trails.  But the damp cold of the sea is a bit too much.  I will miss it.  Until I return home…

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Not So Angry Birds

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art, Artist, beach, beaches, birds, bradenton, coastal living, faabest, florida, gull, gulls, miami, naples, photograph, photography, photos, sarasota, sarasota beaches, seagull, seagulls, sharon cummings, siesta key, Siesta Key Beach, siesta key florida, vacation

Growing up, my Mom always admonished me to “never feed the seagulls!”  For one thing they may poop on your head and for another they can become aggressive and come for food that you have not released from your hands yet. Then Alfred Hitchcock came out with the movie “The Birds” which further instilled the idea that these creatures were angry little monsters.  The truth is that I have been around these beauties of the beach my whole life and I have never been attacked.  Yes, I have fed them (shhhhh….don’t tell Mom!).  I find them to be shy and aloof most of the time.  To photograph them, you have to be quiet and move gently.  It is true that they will swarm for food, but that is just normal animal behavior.  In this photographic art piece I try to capture their beauty and gentleness.  These two look to be dancing.  While they may not be angry after all….they just might drop a bomb on you when you aren’t looking. 😉

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S.U.M.M.E.R. Specials…

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B.E.A.C.H. Bunnies…

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They sizzle.

They turn.

They worship.

They burn.

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Enjoy this Summertime treat from my Mother-in-law Betty Cummings.  She was inspired by a walk along Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota, Florida.  She used bright colors in her oils to achieve this tropical look.  I am so fortunate to own some of her original work.  And now everyone can enjoy prints too!

So It B.E.G.I.N.S…

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art, beaches, black, boating, bradenton, canvas, classy, clouds, coast, coastal living, contemporary, dramatic, fishing, florida, gray clouds, hurricane, hurricanes, keys, landscape, lido, maritime, meteorology, modern, naples, nautical, ocean, ocean living, oceanscape, photograph, photography, prints, sailor, sailors, sarasota, sea, seascape, sharon cummings, siesta key, skies, sky, sleek, sophisticated, steel gray, storm, storm clouds, stormy, stormy skies, stormy weather, summer, summer rains, tropical, tropical storm, vacation, visual, weather, white

 

So it begins…

With a boom.

A flash.

A downpour.

Summer.

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Wall C.A.N.D.Y!!

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