Carpentaria Sunrise; original mixed media artwork by Jessica Fairley

The earth glows like ember at the edge of the Pacific. Carpentaria Sunrise captures the raw, elemental beauty of a California sunrise at first light — rich burnt orange and terracotta sweeping across the land, a curved shoreline catching the pale reflection of dawn, and a dramatic sky of blue-grey clouds lit from within by a blazing pink and white sunrise.

Created in mixed media, this piece has a textured, layered quality that gives it a sense of geological depth — as if the land itself has been compressed into paint. The color palette is bold and earthy: deep burnt sienna, charcoal, silver-grey water, and that luminous explosion of rose and white where the mountain meets the sky. It is wild, ancient, and compelling.

• Original mixed media artwork
• Subject: Carpentaria, California at sunrise
• Original artwork by Jessica Fairley
  
• Oil on copper