Just at the moment the sun breaks through the indigo sky, the light dances across the incoming tide, engulfing you in its glow. What a euphoric sensation to experience the dawn of another day on the coast! Inspired by glorious sunrises witnessed many times along the coasts of Florida and Georgia. In order to recreate the glorious effect, multiple layers of vivid color were applied with impressionist palette knife strokes. Susan Abell Fine Art l Southern impressionist landscape painter I Contemporary coastal landscape painting l Coastal sunrise painting