Oil Painting: Haystack Rock

Haystack Rock:  Oil Painting

Artist:  Walt Wirfs

Size:  framed, 20" by 16"

Finished:  Aug. 2011

From sunset photograph by Char Wirfs taken on a walk along the beach at Pacific City, Oregon in Jan. 2011.  Haystack Rock is one of the many large, natural-rock monoliths along the Pacific Coast.  These huge rocks provide refuge to many bird and sea-life species and are protected areas.  In the 19th century and early 20th century boat loads of tourists would visit the rock shooting as many creatures as they could.

Displayed at Stimulus Cafe Gallery, Pacific City, Oregon,

 and Ryan Gallery, Lincoln City, Oregon.
Currently on display at artist's studio.

Here is an up-close view of one of these monster rocks.  Notice the evidence of a healthy bird population thickly layered and dripping off of this bird sanctuary located  at Cape Mears near Tillamook,, Oregon.  Photographed by Char Wirfs, Sept. 2012.

Three Arch Rocks at Oceanside, Oregon.  Char Wirfs took this picture  Sept. 2012.  There is a fishing boat passing on the right.