There is a kind of coastal painting that does everything wrong — neon sunsets, sailboats tilted at dramatic angles, waves rendered in way too much detail. A certain category of beach house is full of these. They don't hold up.
Then there is the other kind of coastal painting, the one serious collectors actually buy, which is mostly grey. These pieces are about what the ocean does to light, not about the ocean itself. They are quiet. They tend to carry a room rather than compete with it. A thing you can live with for thirty years and never tire of.
That's the kind of piece we've pulled for this collection.
