12 Monday Jun 2017
Posted in Art
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abstract art, aqua, art, beach art, big canvas, brown, coastal living, modern art, pastels, summer, summer vacation
We’ve been remodeling our home for the past 2 months and a new pool is going in next month. I’ve been so busy with the house, that my art has had to take a back seat for a little while. I am so ready for a Summer Vacation. Are you?
26 Monday Sep 2016
Posted in Beach
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beach, beach art, beach combers, beach decor, bright colors, coastal decor, coastal living, colorful tropical fish, tropical art, tropical decor, tropical decorating, tropical fish
A sea lovers delight! A beach art collage featuring many creatures from the deep and above. Can you find the OCTOPUS?
Under The Sea
Mixed Media Art
Sharon Cummings
2016
09 Monday May 2016
Posted in Beach
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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
03 Tuesday May 2016
Posted in Beach
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beach, beach art, beach house, beach house decorating, caspersen beach, coastal living, ocean, salt life, sea, sea life, venice fl, venice florida
Down by the sea…My art is inspired by the brightly colored shells and seaweed that wash up on the shores of Caspersen Beach in Venice, Florida. The smell of brine and fish is a sweet perfume for my soul. I am renewed with the feel of sand between my toes and the sound of waves calling to my heart…
Sea Life
Photography
Sharon Cummings
2016
25 Monday Apr 2016
Posted in Beach
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beach, beach art, beach decor, beach prints, beach sand, beachy, coastal living, life's a beach, sand castle, sand sculpture, sandcastle, sandcastles
A little Monday Humor…
Life’s A Beach
Photography
Sharon Cummings
2016
13 Wednesday Apr 2016
Posted in Beach
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beach, beach art, beach decor, beach house, beach photography, beach prints, beachy, coastal decor, coastal living, fan clam, heart, love
The beach has been heavenly in Florida for the past few weeks. The weather has been perfect…slightly cool and sunny. I’ve spent many hours walking up and down Caspersen in Venice, FL. It is always intriguing how certain things wash up in clusters that do not wash up at other times at all. Somedays it is starfish. Others it might be crab bits. Or these beautiful iridescent fan clams that form hearts when open.
Scientifically they are called Pinnidae and are a taxonomic family of large saltwater clams sometimes known as pen shells. They are marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pterioida.
I just think they are “love”ly…
Beach Love
Photography/Photograph Art
Sharon Cummings
2016
04 Monday Apr 2016
Posted in Beach
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art, Artist, beach, caspersen beach, coastal living, florida, fossils, ocean, sea, shark's teeth, sharks, sharon cummings, venice florida
Here is my haul of fossils that I’ve collected walking up and down the beach for the past 4 months! I also have a glass jar that holds about 3000 shark’s teeth! Below you will find: prehistoric shark’s vertebrae, a camel ankle bone, whale ear bone, turtle shell fossils, three toed horse teeth, shark’s teeth of many kinds, puffer fish mouth plates, stingray barbs, shells and misc. bones. I find these glimpses into the past absolutely fascinating!
A few years ago I had a collector ask me to make a painting for him including some of his fossilized dinosaur bones. It’s got me thinking about what to do with mine…
15 Thursday Oct 2015
Posted in Beach
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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.
13 Tuesday Oct 2015
Posted in Beach
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beach, beach art, beach decor, beach home, beach house, beach prints, beachy, coastal living, crab prints, lobster prints, ocean, ocean prints, sea animals
The beach is really inspiring me. Spending so much time on the ocean has got my creative juices running over! Enjoy!
05 Monday Oct 2015
Posted in Beach
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beach, beach house, beach life, beach sand, beachfront property, coastal living, ocean, salt life, sarasota florida, sea, shark, venice florida, weekend getaway
Where do you go when you are not working? Do you retreat to a spare bedroom to mediate? Do you hang out with friends over a few drinks? Do you get away for the weekend to the mountains? Do you head for the ocean? Or are you like I used to be for the past 12 years, do you mostly work and not get away enough to make a noticeable difference?
I made a decision about 6 months ago that my health and spiritual being were more important than my work. I am not my art. My art is just a small part of who I am. So I now take long weekends and I commune with nature. I swim in the sea, hike through the woods, bike ride along the waterways, hunt for sharks teeth along the shoreline, watch turtles and iguanas warm themselves at the park, see the sun set over the ocean and so much more! I do not blog or promote my art during this time. I do not talk to clients on the phone. I don’t even have a computer at my beach house. And no T.V. either. Imagine that? For many years I couldn’t, and now I cannot imagine going back to that workaholic person I used to be….
Here is where I go…
