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Beachcombers

Source and more: https://atelier17.christinaweyl.com/artist-biographies/francine-felsenthal/

Beachcombers scour the beach at Lincoln City, OR at low tide on this beautiful early day in spring.

[ID: a watercolor painting of a beach at dusk. The ocean, sand, and sky are all painted in muted gray and blue tones, with a splash of yellow sunset on the horizon, just over a silhouetted mountain on one side of the coast. At the edge of the water are two glowing, orange-yellow humanoid figures. One is standing upright and the other is bending down on one knee with its arm outstretched as if to pick something up. /end ID]

Wish i was there. . . . . .. ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #australia #surroundmewithwater #pregnant #australiabeaches #stayathome #travel #magneticisland #airliebeach #stradbrokeisland #beachcombers #babysleep #queenslandbeaches #cocoon #paradise #southwestcoast #handmadeaustralia #pregnancy #whitsundayislands #dunnotarcastle #smallbusiness #hipdysplasia #whitehavenbeach #queensland #scandinaviandesign #scandinursery #emeraldwater #babynest #shopsmallau #whitsundays #beach @whitsundaysqld (at Whithaven Beach, Whitsundays, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC-vOyEnAcG/?igshid=1hppemnfml13m

Shelly joined the collection some summers ago and was adopted from a beach-side souvenir shop in North Carolina. Because of her blank face, Shelly is both blind and mute, and uses sign language to communicate with others in the collection. Her best friends are happy to interpret this to help her communicate with those who haven’t learned to understand ASL. The pearl she holds is very important to her and acts as a comfort object when she gets overwhelmed in situations where it gets too loud for her more sensitive hearing. While she’s made of sand, her body is covered in a protective lacquer coating that prevents her from crumbling on land or falling apart in water. Shelly’s favorite hobby is dancing. 

The Cliff House, San Francisco, California 1899 Photochrom print Published by Detroit Photographic Co. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

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