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Some Popular Beaches Around The World That Would Make Fabulous Oil Paintings

 

OR coast south of the sea lion caves
Oregon Coast South of the Sea Lion Caves

Why do oil paintings of popular places, especially beaches around the world? Because people love to travel to places like these and create memories they will take home with them. When vacationers want to be reminded of a favorite location where lots of wonderful memories were made they turn to visual aides. These can be in the form of photographs or they can be paintings that will be hung on the walls of their home or office. As an artist, painting canvases of well traveled vacation spots can mean revenue for you because people will want to buy paintings that remind them of the fun times they had. This is a resource you will not want to overlook if you are wanting to make a living from your art.

east coast lighthouse paintingCurrituck Beach Lighthouse
Marine landscape by Teresa Bernard
11″ x 14″
Oils on stretched canvas

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  • anse lazio beach
    Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles

    Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles

  • Baia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
  • Beach at Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey
  • Beach at Panama City, Panama City Beach, Florida
  • Cabo San Lucas, Los Cabos, Baja California, Mexico
  • Camp’s Bay Beach, Camps Bay, South Africa
  • Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
  • Carlsbad State Beach, Carlsbad, California
  • Cayo de Agua, Los Roques National Park, Venezuela
  • Children’s Beach, Nantucket, Massachusetts
  • Clearwater Beach, Clearwater, Florida
  • Coronado Municipal Beach, Coronado, California
  • Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, California
  • Diani Beach, Diani Beach, Kenya
  • Eagle Beach, Palm – Eagle Beach, Aruba
  • beach in Greece
    Elafonissi Beach, Elafonissi, Greece

    Elafonissi Beach, Elafonissi, Greece

  • Fort Myers Beach, Fort Myers Beach, Florida
  • Flamenco Beach, Culebra, Puerto Rico
  • Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
  • Hanalei Beach, Hanalei, Hawaii
  • Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Hollywood Beach, Hollywood, Florida
  • Hulopo’e Beach, Manele Bay, Hawaii
  • Hunting Island State Park, Beaufort, South Carolina
  • Iztuzu Beach, Dalyan, Turkey
  • Ka’anapali Beach, Lahaina, Hawaii
  • Kailua Beach Park, Kailua, Hawaii
  • Kauna’oa Bay, Kauna’oa Bay, Hawaii
  • La Jolla Cove, La Jolla, California
  • Main Beach, East Hampton, New York
  • Manini’owali Beach (Kua Bay), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
  • Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
  • Moshup Beach, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
  • Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • Nai Harn Beach, Nai Harn, Thailand
  • Newport Beach, Newport Beach, California
  • Ngapali Beach, Ngapali, Myanmar
  • Ogunquit Beach, Ogunquit, Maine
  • Pensacola Beach, Pensacola Beach, Florida
  • Playa de Ses Illetes, Formentera, Balearic Islands
  • Playa del Carmen, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
  • Playa Manuel Antonio, Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
  • Playa Paraiso, Cayo Largo, Cuba
  • Playa Paraiso, Tulum, Mexico
  • Hawaii beach
    Poipu Beach Park, Poipu, Hawaii

    Poipu Beach Park, Poipu, Hawaii

  • Rabbit Beach, Lampedusa, Islands of Sicily
  • Race Point Beach, Provincetown, Massachusetts
  • Radhanagar Beach, Havelock Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • St. Augustine Beach, Saint Augustine Beach, Florida
  • Saint Pete Beach, St. Pete Beach, Florida
  • Sharm El Luli, Marsa Alam, Egypt
  • Siesta Beach, Siesta Key, Florida
  • South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida
  • Surfside Beach, Nantucket, Massachusetts
  • Wai’anapanapa State Park, Hana, Hawaii
  • West Bay Beach, West Bay, Honduras
  • White Beach, Boracay, Aklan Province
  • Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Whitsunday Islands
  • Woolacombe Beach, Woolacombe, United Kingdom

This is by no means an exhaustive list, nor is it in any particular order. When you visit these places be sure to take your camera along to take lots of reference photos for your paintings. Once you get back to your studio you will have lots of fun as you immortalize your memories of these places on canvas wall art.

Did your favorite beach make the list? If not, and you think it would make a lovely seaside painting, feel free to add it below in comments.

Additional Reading

Some Famous Places Around The World That Would Make A Great Sunset Painting

Peggy’s Cove Collection

Peggy’s Cove is one of the numerous small fishing communities located on the eastern shores of St. Margarets Bay in Nova Scotia. This location is also famous for the Peggy’s Point Lighthouse (established 1868). Each year many artists and photographers flock to this location to capture its beauty in their creative works. It is also a favorite tourist destination for many vacationers.

The Peggy’s Cove Series didn’t start out to be a series. I did my first painting of this series in 2005 while living on the east coast in the Norfolk VA area. I loved the way the bright red house stood out in contrast to the water and landscape around it, so I decided to do a painting of this famous Nova Scotia cove.  Two years later the painting sold to a doctor living in Maine. Shortly after the sale a collector from Louisiana commissioned me to do two more paintings of the cove for her. I love this location in Canada and plan on more paintings to add to this series in the near future.

A lot of artists have painted this famous cove and it’s easy to see why. You may have noticed that two of the painting are very similar. They are of the same viewpoint, however, since I strive to not create two identical paintings I did paint some differences between the two.

peggy's cove nova scotia oil paintingPeggy’s Cove
Seascape by Teresa Bernard
20″ x 16″
Oils on stretched canvas

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peggy's cove wall artPeggy’s Cove Revisited
Seascape by Teresa Bernard
20″ x 16″
Oils on stretched canvas

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Peggy's Cove oil paintingReturn to Peggy’s Cove
Seascape by Teresa Bernard
20″ x 18″
Oils on stretched canvas

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Peggy’s Cove

peggy's cove nova scotia painting

© Copyright 2005 – Present

Size: 20″ x 16″
Support: Stretched canvas

Artist Comments: This is one of my earlier paintings. This is of Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia. This little fishing village surrounds a narrow ocean inlet which provides safe haven for boats during the Atlantic’s rough weather. It is one of the most popular tourist stops in Nova Scotia and is considered the most photographed location in all of Canada. This painting is part of the Peggy’s Cove Series.

You can find out more about the Peggy’s Cove Coastal Region at their website.

Note: This painting sold to a private art collector in Maine.

The Fisherman

fisherman marine painting

© Copyright 2003 – Present

Size: 9″ x 12″
Support: Canvas panel board

Artist Comments: Fishing is a popular recreation for those lucky enough to find the time to fish for the “big one.” I don’t particularly like to fish myself, but I have several friends who do enjoy this sport. I found this particular marine life painting an interesting subject to paint.

Note: This painting sold to a private art collector in Virginia.

Return to Peggy’s Cove

Peggy's Cove oil painting

© Copyright 2009 – Present

Size: 20″ x 18″
Support: Stretched canvas

Artist Comments: This painting is the second of two commissions I did for an art collector. This particular art collector saw a previous painting I had done called “Peggy’s Cove” and contracted me to do two paintings of the same subject for her. Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia is a favorite place that holds many memories for her. The other painting is called “Peggy’s Cove Revisited.” This painting is part of the Peggy’s Cove Series.

Note: This painting sold to a private art collector in Mississippi.

For more information on how to commission a painting select Art Commissions Info.

Peggy’s Cove Revisited

peggy's cove wall art

© Copyright 2008 – Present

Size: 20″ x 16″
Support: Stretched canvas

Artist Comments: “Peggy’s Cove Revisited” is one of two commissioned paintings. An art collector contacted me after seeing a previous painting I had done called “Peggy’s Cove.” Although this painting is the same subject as the first one, there are some noticeable differences between the two, making Peggy’s Cove Revisited an original oil painting and not a reproduction. Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia is a favorite place that holds many memories for this art collector. She commissioned me to do two paintings for her. The second painting is titled “Return To Peggy’s Cove.” This painting is part of the Peggy’s Cove Series.

Note: This painting sold to a private art collector in Mississippi.

For more information on how to commission a painting select Art Commissions Info.

Currituck Beach Lighthouse

east coast lighthouse painting

© Copyright 2008 – Present

Size: 11″ x 14″
Support: Stretched canvas

Purchasing Information
$250 Plus S/H

Contact the artist to purchase this painting.

Artist Comments: Currituck Beach Lighthouse is located at Whale Head Bay in Corolla, North Carolina on the northern end of the “Outer Banks”. Its distinct unpainted natural red brick appearance is in contrast with fellow lighthouses along the North Carolina coast which are painted in striking black and white. Built in 1875, it is still used today to light the dark stretches of the southern Atlantic coastline. Annually the lighthouse welcomes an average of 185,000 visitors and we were among them.

One summer my husband and I loaded up the kids and headed off for the Outer Banks to discover the lighthouses we’d heard so much about. We lived in Virginia at the time and was only two hours away from the OBX (Outer Banks). Currituck Lighthouse was our first stop and the favorite of all the lighthouses we visited that fun filled weekend. We were excited to discover that visitors can climb its 220 steps to the top and look at the spectacular view. We’ve been back to this lighthouse several times since that first trip and we always enjoy seeing this it over and over again.

Some Interesting Facts About Currituck Beach Lighthouse

  • Year beacon first lit: 1875
  • Number of steps: 220
  • Height to focal plane of lens: 158 feet
  • Height to top of roof: 162 feet
  • Number of bricks: approximately one million
  • Thickness of wall at base: 5 feet 8 inches
  • Thickness of wall at parapet: 3 feet
  • Position: 34 miles south of the Cape Henry Lighthouse (VA)
  • 32 1/2 miles north-northwest of Bodie Island Lighthouse
  • Coast Survey Chart: 36° 22’36” N latitude, 75° 49’51” W longitude

Find out more about Currituck Beach Lighthouse.

For more information about the Outer Banks of North Carolina, visit their website.

Heceta Head Lighthouse

lighthouse seacoast painting

© Copyright 2000 – Present

Size: 16″ x 12″
Support: Stretched canvas
Description: A depiction of a famous Oregon coast lighthouse. This painting sold to a private art collector in California.

Artist Comments: I find Oregon to be one of the most beautiful places in America. Having lived there for a number of years, “The Beaver State” has inspired numerous paintings of its scenery. Heceta Head Lighthouse is one of those paintings.

This oceanview oil painting is of the historic Heceta Head Lighthouse, built between 1892-1893. Perched high on a bluff approximately 150 feet above the sea, it stands watch over the Oregon coast 2 miles north of the famous Sea Lion Caves. Its beam can be seen for 21 nautical miles making it the strongest light on Oregon’s coastline. Heceta Head Lighthouse is a favorite place for tourists as it is one of the most-visited lighthouses in the United States. The lighthouse offers visitors easy access and an outstanding view of the Oregon coastline and Pacific Ocean.

Although I no longer live in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon continues to be a source of inspiration for me. Below are two more paintings of Oregon.

A Few Interesting Facts About Heceta Head Lighthouse

  • Year beacon first lit: 1894
  • Height: 56′
  • Automated: 1963
  • Year first constructed: 1892
  • Materials: Stucco, Brick
  • Coordinates: 44.13737°N, 124.127835°W
  • Tower shape: Conical attached to workroom
  • Original lens: First order Fresnel lens
  • Range: 21 nautical miles
  • Listed in the National Register of Historic Places

For more information about this seaside attraction, please visit this website.

Oregon Coast South of the Sea Lion Caves

OR coast seaside painting

© Copyright 1977 – Present

Size: 9″ x 12″
Support: Canvas panel board
Description: An early painting by the artist depicting the Oregon coastline. This painting is owned by the artist’s daughter and is part of a private collection in Texas.

Artist Comments: This ocean wave painting is one of my early paintings just starting out as a professional artist. It shows the Oregon Coast looking south from the “Sea Lion Caves” towards Cox Rock. Cox Rock is one of thousands of islands which sits off the Oregon Coast. It is nearby to Sea Lion Point and Heceta Head.

The Sea Lion Caves is America’s largest sea cave and is located about midway on Oregon’s 400 miles of shoreline. It can reach from the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway U.S. Highway 101. For more information about the Sea Lion Caves visit their website.

There isn’t a lot of information about Cox Rock. What I have learned is it is an island off the Oregon Coast and which isn’t easily assessable if you want to explore it and it’s hard to find. Visitors to the island will probably want to use their GPS to guide them there. Coordinates are below.

Facts About Cox Rock, Oregon

  • Coordinates: 44.1109544°N, -124.1262313°W
  • Approx. Elevation: 75 feet (23 meters)
  • USGS Topo Map Quad: Mercer Lake
  • Feature Type: Island

Other Paintings of Oregon Scenery

I used to live in Oregon and have found it to be one of the most beautiful places on earth to live and paint. I’ve painted several paintings of Oregon scenery, some of which are listed below.