Beach Dreams Acrylic Print

"The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea." ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The surf plays with the concrete pilings of Johnnie Mercer's Pier in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. The ocean and that pier have a daily conversation about sand and shells and fish and life, and if you listen closely you can sometimes hear them. #johnniemercerspier

"I'ts all about what you see when you look at something!" I've been taking photos since I got my first Brownie Holiday camera when I was a kid. Throughout the years I've worked with film and now digital media to satisfy my need for artistic expression. I'm always willing to listen to the experts... those amazing photographers and artists who are already doing successfully what I want to do, and then doing things my way with my eye and feeling behind it. "Don't shoot what you see, shoot what it FEELS like!" was the best photography advice I ever got! Not afraid to go out on a limb, yet still able to photograph a scene or capture the personality behind a face, and the essence of the moment in any of this beautiful place, Cape Far, that we...