Avalon Mists

Candyss Crosby’s contemporary coastal paintings aim to evoke the feeling of light on the ocean and the space of the lost and infinite horizon.
‘AVALON MISTS’ describes the soft stormy colours, the salt filled air and misty ocean straight after a storm – the fresh and stimulating energy of stormy ocean waves and the reflection of light on the rolling waves moving across the beach. Candyss loves beach walks during a good storm – along the ocean’s edge, across wet sandy beaches and windy hilltop lookouts. She is inspired by the power of the ocean – the ebb & flow, the constant movement and energy, the light on waves, it’s force and vulnerability; softness and strength, its fluidity and tension.
Candyss intentionally chose a multi layering of thin glazes and washes, palette knife thick build up of oil paint and iridescent pigment to refract light.
The colours and horizontal flowing lines are what she focuses on. The painting process is loose, intuitive and a response to memory and emotion. While painting Candyss meditates on the experience, mood and memory of being at the beach after the storm, wind in the hair and feeling alive and spirit ignited.