Rhythms

Perspectives from The Artist's Road

Isle of Palms photograph by John Hulsey

Even though we both grew up in the Midwest, John and I have always felt a sense of returning home whenever we have come back to the ocean. I’m sure that we are not alone in feeling great comfort in the rhythm of the waves coming to shore and the calm that seems to come from a synchronization with the rhythm of our own breathing. As painters, we are delighted by the quality of light, vast space and confluence of water and land. Edges are always interesting places to paint.

This trip we decided to take our Great Pyrenees, Bogie, for a visit back home to the beaches where he spent the first five years of his life. Now, over 13 years old (91+ in human years), he stoically endured the long two-day car ride. Today, for the first time in 8 years, he walked his slow pace down the beach and stood in the foamy water. I have no doubt that he also felt he was home again, as he looked across the great expanse of ocean and sni…