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$110.41
Currently Available for Sale: 50
16" H x 24" W x 1" D x 2 lbs
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Ever notice how sunsets in the Golden State seem to have a little extra shimmer? Maybe it’s the Pacific air, maybe it’s just California showing off? Either way, I just couldn’t resist capturing this moment at the beach in Carmel, California.
Golden Sunset in the Golden State isn’t just a photograph. It’s a front-row seat to that magical hour when the world slows down and everything glows. The kind of light that makes you want to grab a surfboard, a glass of wine, or maybe just a deep breath and a quiet moment. Can you feel the warmth? That’s California, all wrapped up in a frame.
Perfect for anyone who’s ever dreamed of a West Coast road trip, missed the ocean, or just needs a little more sunshine in their life.
Year Created
2023
Location
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, USAColors
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Carol Schiraldi
Cedar Park, TX, USA
Ever stand at the edge of the world and listen, not just to the crash of waves, but to the hush between them? That’s where these images begin. Northern California’s Pacific coast, wild and whispering, is a place where the ocean seems to pause, gathering stories in the salt air and sending them out on the wind.
Here, the horizon is a rumor, blurred where sky and water trade secrets in cool blues and soft grays. Mist drapes itself over the morning, veiling the land in possibility. A lone gull struts across sand shaped by tides and time, a small, bold punctuation in the vastness. Rocks stand sentinel, weathered and wise, while waves, sometimes gentle, sometimes wild, write and rewrite the shoreline’s memory.
I walk these beaches as an artist, chasing the hush, the shimmer, the fleeting gold of late light. Each photograph is a breath held, a moment suspended between the wildness and the calm. I want you to feel the cool mist on your skin, taste the salt, and sense the pull to wander—outward, inward, wherever the ocean’s voice might lead.
Maybe these scenes will remind you of a place you’ve stood, or a dream you’ve carried. Maybe you’ll hear your own story in the hush between the waves. That’s the magic of this coast: it invites you to listen, to linger, to let the world fall away until all that’s left is the rhythm of water, the promise of light, and the endless, open possibility of the horizon.
California means so much to so many people. It's endless summer wrapped in ocean tides, surfers and sand dunes, beach houses and piers, all coming together in a summertime symphony.