Haystack Rock
I was raised in the Mount Hood wilderness, but the Oregon coast was close enough that Cannon Beach became a familiar place throughout my youth and early adulthood. Haystack Rock was the center of every visit. Its height and shape were steady markers along the shore, and it stood out more than anything else around it. In those years The Goonies held a strong place in the minds of many children. We repeated its lines, searched the sand for small objects we imagined as clues, and talked about pirates as if their stories might still be hidden along the rocks. Haystack Rock carried all of that for us. It was tied to a time when the world felt larger and full of things worth finding, and returning to it now brings back the same feeling.
This piece began as a hand drawn pencil sketch and was then inked and digitized so the background could be formed in quiet watercolor styled layers. After printing it on canvas with a wood backing, I added my NeuroLines work in oil pens to follow the structure of the rock and the movement of the water.
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