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Discover my latest artworks at cynthiacoffield.com, where I explore the connection between nature and humans. My paintings reflect a journey of cultivating joy through closeness with the natural world, inviting you to experience serene landscapes and vivid colors that inspire harmony and tranquility. Join me in this exploration and let the beauty of nature ignite your creativity!

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Living, Notes, Photography

West Coast In Flight

I recently flew to Palm Springs for a work conference, eTail West. An early morning plane flight gets me every time. I love feeling the earth drop away behind me…

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February 21, 2016
Living, Notes

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Opening

I’m so grateful to have been able to attend the opening of the Civil Rights Museum in Mississippi last weekend, along with my family. This is my grandmother, Harriet Causey…

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December 13, 2017
Photography, Shore, Surf

Christmas Surfside

Surfing on Christmas is becoming something of a tradition for Chris and me. As it should. At two years, we’re still a relatively new relationship navigating through both of our…

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December 25, 2016
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    Where Are Texas Waves?

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    Do people even surf in Texas? Where are Texas Waves? I hear this all the time. Or jokes about how there are no waves or surf in the Gulf. It’s true, most days the Gulf has waves that are much weaker than the big ocean waves in Hawaii. The Gulf’s waves are always weakened by the Caribbean islands. But Texas has a lot of surfers. Chris says it has more days with surfable waves than many of the popular surf spots on the East coast because of the Gulf current patterns. Texas surf is burly, with short powerful waves that can be difficult to paddle out through. But they are waves!…

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    November Surf

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    As the days get shorter, the waves get longer. This was one of the best days in a long while. When we first arrived at the beach, the waves were too big and fast to ride, but then they died down and cleaned up a little bit.

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    Are these waves even real? Is this even Texas? The answer is yes. Texas waves ftw.

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    Teacups have no place at sea. Cardboard cups with sippy lids are easier to clean up after.

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    It’s officially August, and the dog days of summer are here. These are the hot sultry, lazy days. The beach landscape is filled with vibrant blue and bleached white everything from cloudless skies, but on most days the sunny lows make the wind and surf as listless as everything else. When an unexpected offshore wind popped up last weekend, we headed down. The surf was chunky, choppy, and unforgiving, but it was nice to get out and get stoked for a bit. I caught a few really solid waves before my board popped me in the eye and I decided to take a break. It almost goes without saying that…

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Artist and writer in Houston, painting my way through a slower kind of life. Likely By Sea is where the studio spills into everything else — watercolor and process, slow craft, whole-food cooking, coastal days, and the small style-and-living notes in between. Trained as a fine artist; the rest just follows the same eye.

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