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cayman islands

Walk With Me, pastel, 10x20 © Nelia Harper
11 Apr 2019

Walk With Me

How does one capture the feeling of wind, the scent of salt on the air, or the crush of sand beneath one’s feet?  Can we create the movement of clouds scuttling and forming across the sky?  Or the sun bouncing off the ocean bottom as the waves crash along the … Read More

australian pine, beach painting, cayman brac, cayman islands, painting of the cayman islands, pastel painting of the beach
Moondance #2 Pastel 10x12 © Nelia Harper 2015
6 Jan 2015

Moondance

Sunday evening, we drove down to the beach.  There are several semi-private, sandy coves along the south side of the island with grape trees, pines and of course palm trees.  (What is it about palm trees, sand beaches and water?)  I painted several studies of the beach, waves, surf and … Read More

cayman brac, cayman islands, full moon, night, ocean, painting, pastel, plein air painting
Bluff Begins at Dawn © Nelia Harper
13 May 2014

Bluff Begins at Dawn

There’s a little island in the Caribbean that rises up from the sea, Cayman Brac.  Landing in a little prop plane, the island seems to slumber as the world spins faster and faster.  I have been lucky to be able to visit this island several times and each time the … Read More

bluff, cayman brac, cayman islands, dawn, landscape, ocean, painting, pastel

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A contemporary artist with a focus on plein air landscape painting in pastel and oil, and a studio practice in the Old World egg tempera technique.

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