Watch Hill, RI #2

by Anne Barberi

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Watch Hill, RI #2

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Anne Barberi

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Painting - Oil On Stretched

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This original painting of a view of the Watch Hill Lighthouse from an area called East Beach has been sold. Prints are available for purchase.

In coastal areas in which the land surface dips at a relatively steep angle below the water table, the continuous action of marine waves on the coastline, known as abrasion, may create a steep declivity known as a cliff, the slope angle of which depends on a variety of factors including the jointing, bedding and hardness of the materials making up the cliff as well as the erosional processes themselves. The slope is constantly being eroded. The waves attacking the cliff-foot form a wave-cut notch by constant abrasion action producing an overhang. This overhang grows in size as the cliff is undercut, until it collapses under its own weight. The loose debris that has broken off is gradually carried away from the area in front of the cliff by the action of the sea. As the coastal cliffs collapse, the shoreline recedes inland. The speed at which this happens depends, in particular, on the strength of the surf, the height of the cliff, the frequency of storm surges and the hardness of the bedrock.

Original painting SOLD Watch Hill, RI ....WHMLIS

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October 3rd, 2016

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