Back Beach Claire Mccall Artist Seascape

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At The Backbeach by Claire McCall

This oil painting of the back beach at Sorrento, Victoria, bursts with texture and energy, brought vividly to life through the expressive strokes of a palette knife. Bold sweeps of thick paint capture the rugged sandstone cliffs and windswept dunes that frame the scene, their jagged forms contrasting with the restless motion of the turquoise sea.

On the golden sand, figures are depicted in swift, impasto gestures—families with umbrellas, children playing at the water’s edge, and sunbathers sprawled out under the Australian sun. At the center of the composition stands a lone lifeguard, easily recognizable in red and yellow, surveying the beach from a raised chair. His presence adds a human focal point and a sense of watchful calm to the dynamic landscape. The overall mood of the painting is both wild and inviting, capturing the raw natural beauty and the bustling summer life of Sorrento’s iconic back beach.

Professionally framed in an oak shadow box frame, ready to hang.