Pebble Beach
ROCKport, Ma.
12" x 12"
silk-screened and hand painted 100% cotton, commercial cotton
Pebble Beach has been a favorite of mine for years. Not for the sand, but for the ( literally! ) millions of ocean-tumbled rounded rocks. I have quite a collection of the rocks in various sizes and colors, which range from shades of white, grey, brown, orange and pink. The beach actually has a rather interesting history ( VintageRockport.com ), which I have silkscreened on some of my rocks for texture. I had a number of ideas for this theme, but kept coming back to this beach that has fascinated me for so long.
The quilt was inspired by this photo that I took when doing my "research"!
Millions of rocks!
Oh Andrea! Love this. The human touch of the tiesbof your shoes makes this quilt so appealing! It is beautiful and whimsical!!!
ReplyDeleteI love these beach rocks. I have never seen Pebble Beach, but can appreciate the attraction.
ReplyDeleteLove the research you did for this project. It is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI love the way you rendered the rocks. It so strongly evokes the parent image. I too like to pick up rocks.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great interpretation of "Rock !" As always, your use of "simple graphic design" just captivates me ! And the mere mention of "Silk Screens" sends me to the moon and back :-D BTW ... The "Pebble Beach" I'm familiar with is in Calif (as in Pebble Beach Int'l Golf Tournament). Out of curiosity, what's the location of the Pebble Beach in your picture ????
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy...this Pebble Beach is in Rockport, MA.
DeleteI love this Andrea, specially since I have been to Rockport's Pebble Beach! How clever to put part of the history on some of the rocks. I am going right now to look at the reference to the history of Pebble Beach. Thanks for reminding me of my fun time there with my nursing classmates!
ReplyDeleteThanks Carolyn, so glad you got to see "my" Pebble Beach in person when visiting your friends. There are millions of rocks, aren't there?! Yes, interesting history of the beach regarding the Transatlantic. Cable
DeleteOh, meant to add that my "collecting" days at the beach are over as the town has put up sign fining $500 for any removal of the rocks!
DeleteThis is absolute perfection in design and execution!
ReplyDeleteLove the whimsy of the feet and the screen printed history on the rocks.
your pebbles really 'rock'... why do so many of us collect rocks? I love your art piece.
ReplyDeleteLove this Andrea!! Love especially that you printed some history on some of the rocks for texture!!
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