Black Friday Doorbuster Les Dunes De Sable D’orléans (dauphin Island) Gadget [Ra7rCefG]

Inspiration:
Black Friday Doorbuster Les Dunes De Sable D’orléans (dauphin Island) Gadget [Ra7rCefG] is the first painting I created entirely outdoors. 

Completed over two days for the Dauphin Island Plein Air Paint-Out 2025 competition, this diptych captures the unique beauty of the island’s pine-forested sand dunes and the unusual cloud formations that day. 

The landscape is abstracted to evoke a dreamy, ethereal quality that blurs the line between memory and place. 

When I first encountered the scene, I knew instantly it would be my subject for the competition. 

It wasn’t until I titled the piece that I realized the location was on Orleans Drive—a detail that felt serendipitous. 

As a New Orleans-based artist, the name made me feel connected to the place, as if a piece of home had followed me there.

Dimensions:
Two panels. Each panel is 16" x 12" x 1.5".

Medium:
Acrylic on cradled wood panel