An original watercolor painting, 10”x8”, on cold-press watercolor paper.

Created as part of the “Sunswept” Collection. To learn more about the inspiration behind this collection as a whole click here.

“We do not want merely to see beauty. . . we want something else which can hardly be put into words- to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it. . . At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door . . some day, God willing, we shall get in.” C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory.

The sun setting- or is it rising? - over the marshy sound . . . I just gave away the answer to the island-going east coasters among us, for we all know the sun rises over the ocean and sets over the sound. And on the thin islands off the North Carolina coast you can experience both, sometimes from the same house- but you’re never very far from either!