Black Sands Solace - Archival print

“Black Sands Solace” is based on Mike Oria’s photograph of Black Sands Beach in Shelter Cove, California. 

As soon as I saw Oria’s photograph, I knew I wanted to create a painting of this special beach. Thank you Mike, fellow artist! Mike let me paint this incredible shot of the waves meeting the rocks and kelp in front of the Kings Range. Check out his website linked in my stories and on my website. 

I have traveled to Shelter Cove once. It was the final destination at the end of a Lost Coast backpacking trip. The Lost Coast is the part of the Northern California coastline where the terrain was too rugged for early HWY 1 engineers. The famous coastal highway does not follow the coastline through northern Mendocino county and southern Humboldt county due to the steepness of the Kings Range mountains, coastal erosion, and the active tectonic fault lines. The wilderness in the Kings Range feels untouched, but I know it is far from being so. Waking up to find elk in my campsite, hiking upon fresh bear breakfast remnants every morning, and delicately avoiding elephant seals felt like being on another planet. I wish being that up close and personal with wildlife didn’t make me feel like I wasn’t on planet Earth, but it did. It does. 

I grew up in a rural Sierra Nevada Mountain foothill town. Tahoe, Yosemite, and every trail and swimming hike in between does not feel as remote as the Lost Coast did. Maybe it’s the missing highway and/or the early death of the logging railway system. I am not sure. But the experience has stuck with me. Hikes like that one make me think what this land was like before colonization, before the Gold Rush. Special moments on that trail create deep questions for me. Questions like, What could our public lands look like? What could they look like if we had listened or choose to listen to First Peoples? And: What can public lands look like moving forward?

If you have not visited Shelter Cove or the Lost Coast, I highly recommend doing so. It is a sacred place with lots of active fauna and a tumultuous history. I hope you find similar solace there. Please bless the black sands for me.

The original painting (pictured in the last image) was made using acrylic on canvas.

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DETAILS:

- This is an archival print of an original Jennifer Peart artwork. 

- PAPER IS LARGER THAN LISTED SIZE. Dimensions are larger than the listed size to include a plain paper white border around the printed image. The 8x8 inch prints are centered on 12x12 inch white paper, 12x12 inch prints on 16x16 inch white paper, 16x6 inch prints on 20x20 inch white paper, and 20x20 inch prints on 24x24 inch white paper. Both print and paper sizes are standardized to simplify framing. Standardized paper sizes mean you can frame your print with or without a mat.

- DECKLED EDGE OPTION: Choosing the deckled edge feature will result in a border that is slightly smaller (0.25 to 0.5 inches on each side) around the entire printed image.

- Each print is signed on the front, bottom right-hand corner, underneath the printed artwork.

- Frame and mat are NOT included with your purchase.

- All of my prints are printed using Epson Ultrachrome HDR inks on Somerset Velvet fine art paper. Epson Ultrachrome HDR is the latest technology of professional, archival, pigment-based inkjet ink. Somerset Velvet paper is top quality, 100% cotton, acid-free paper used to create long-lasting prints.

- I highly recommend getting your print professionally framed using archival, acid-free mats and backing.

- Avoid hanging the print in sunlight - even with UV glass/plexiglass.

- Avoid exposing the print to smoke, moisture, high amounts of airborne dust/dirt/pollen, solvents, adhesives, and other damaging contaminants.

- All sales are final. 

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SHIPPING:

- Prints are shipped for free within the contiguous United States. 

- Prints are shipped via USPS Priority Mail. Small 8x10 inch prints ship in flat envelope mailers with supportive backing boards. All 11x14 inch or larger prints are rolled up in a heavy duty shipping tube. 

- Worldwide shipping is available and it will be invoiced after purchase. See SPECIAL REQUESTS below.

- Please allow 1-2 weeks for the printing and processing of archival prints.

- All sales are final. 

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SPECIAL REQUESTS:

Email me at hello@jenniferpeart.com if you would like to: 

- Receive an international shipping quote beforehand

- Schedule a local pickup or delivery from my studio in Sacramento, California

- Or if you have any other questions, considerations, concerns

Please include the name of the print and your desired print size in your email to me. I will also need your mailing address details if you are inquiring about international shipping.

Thank you.