Secluded Driftwood Shore

by James Williamson

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Price

$495

Dimensions

16.000 x 12.000 inches

Title

Secluded Driftwood Shore

Artist

James Williamson

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

The serene quiet beauty of a secluded beach.
Watercolor painting by James Williamson.

Artist James Williamson, ASMA
Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists

Endless discoveries and a boater’s paradise on this beautiful and protected coast. Protected from the ravages of open ocean swells and winds by the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island. Further protected by scores of islands of all sizes, and landforms of all shapes, all of which make a vast network of channels, bays, sounds and inlets. Puget Sound, Washington State San Juan Islands, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Admiralty Inlet, British Columbia Gulf Islands, Discovery Islands and Queen Charlotte Islands, Strait of Georgia, Vancouver Island, the Inside Passage to Alaska.

“Nothing can be more striking than the beauty of these waters… the finest in the world. Nothing can exceed the beauty of these waters… I venture nothing in saying that there is no country in the world that possesses waters equal to these.
To describe the beauties of this region will, on some future occasion, be a very grateful task to the pen of a skillful panegyrist. The serenity of the climate, the innumerable pleasing landscapes, and the abundant fertility that unassisted nature puts forth, require only to be enriched by the industry of man with villages, mansions, cottages, and other buildings, to render it most lovely country that can be imagined” –George Vancouver in Describing Puget Sound and the islands of the inland sea. In April 1792, George Vancouver entered the Strait of Juan de Fuca and commenced his exploration of Puget Sound. He named every island, mountain, waterway, and point of land in sight -- 75 in all.

Emerald-clothed islands, unspoiled and uncluttered, pleasant quiet beaches, hospitable harbors and anchorages and peaceful retreats – all offer escape from the cares and noise of everyday life. The sun sends its glistening jewels to dance on the rippling water and the green of the forested islands is reflected in the mirror of a bay. The splendor of the water, passages, inlets, coves and bays. Pine-scented breezes on a foggy or rainy day, the aroma of alder wood smoke and saltwater lapping along island shores. There are innumerable waterways of all kinds, islands, bays, coves, inlets, passages, driftwood shores and distant mountains of incredible beauty offering a lifetime of enjoyment, wonder and appreciation of nature as we are blessed with a rare heritage.

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