This painting was so fun to make. I simply thought of the perfect summer day at the beach - the sounds of kids laughing and splashing, the scent of salt water, and the feel of walking barefoot in the warm sand. There is a universal joy we all feel at the beach. The draw to collect shells or rocks, or make shapes in the sand. We can all have that feeling of freedom, sun and play at the beach. I had fun loading my brush with thick loads of paint and putting in abstract marks in the sand that continue that carefree feeling.