Light and Space, the Long Beach

I am attempting to place the viewer within the painting--to make it as complete an experience as possible within the limitations  of translating an experience visually.   Rather than painting the surface flatly with no variety in the tactile qualities of the paint, I often add texture and various substances to the surface to help bring the viewer closer to the real world I am portraying.  For this painting, I used beach sand in addition to acrylic emulsions to add a variety of textures which correspond to to those found in nature.