Home by the Sea

A single house tucks into the cliffside in Home by the Sea, a 28 x 48 oil painting by Nancy Davidson, its warm-lit windows and low roofline nearly camouflaged among the trees and sandstone above a glowing evening shoreline. Davidson bathes the whole scene in sunset color, the cliff face turned molten orange and gold, its reflection stretching across wet sand below. There's a quiet wish fulfillment built into this composition — the dream of a house perched right where sea and sky meet, painted at the exact hour that dream looks its best.