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A new painting from the Neff Studio.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Primary Swell, Marina”, 22×28, oil on canvas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We can normally hear the surf faintly in the distance two miles inland at our home inn Marina, CA, especially at night. But this was different. It sounded like distant crackling thunder as if a huge squall was hovering over Monterey Bay. The sound seemed to reverberate through the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last January, Monterey Bay was experiencing unusually high surf and tides due to confluence of the moon, storms, etc. Some call it a primary swell. I went out early morning and did a little droning and video, eventually producing a short video, shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new painting is a drones eye view of the Monterey Bay coastline in Marina, CA. I extracted a still shot from the video I took that morning as my study for this piece. I was taken with this view as it shows the back of the wave and not your normal seascape. The sun is just starting to peek over the dunes and cliffs of Marina Dunes Beach illuminating the crest of the waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case you missed it, here is the original video I produced back in January .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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