Diana Bundy, Artist
Ahh, the boardwalk, the hot sand, the salt in the air. The fabric “badges” one needed to get on the beach, the salt water taffy, the shouts of the children playing with pails and shovels. There were the elderly ladies who would hang on the ropes in the water bobbing and laughing in exuberant joy. The smells of popcorn, cotton candy and Coppertone. Going to bed after a day at the beach with the scent of Noxema in your nose, the sound of the waves in your ears and sand in the sheets. My brothers and I used to live and play at the shore in New Jersey where summers were spent on the boardwalk and the beach soaking up the sun.
Now living in Salmon Creek, a glorious, unspoiled beach community in Northern California on the Sonoma Coast, I am again surrounded by the beachy influence I learned to love as a child.
All the sights and sounds of life at the beach are inspiration to me and are seen through my beach scenes depicted in stained glass, copper, paintings, painted furniture and other mediums.
My work is being collected by those looking for whimsical, colorful reminders of playful summers, sunshine and hot days on the beach and I would like everyone to know that individual commission work is always cheerfully considered!