The beach.

No other escape offers the whole package: romantic sunsets, salty breezes, swaying palm trees, beach birds swooping, children playing, and surfers catching the waves. Or just peace, solitude and time to dream.

Even a beach photo or painting can work its magic on our hearts. Photographers like Ansel Adams, and John Nakata have captured the essence of beckoning beach scenes in their color and black and white pictures. And the works of painters like Claude Monet beautifully depict long-ago life at the seashore.

Whether your favorite beach is near or far, sandy or rocky, balmy or blustery, its siren song has the power to penetrate our busy lives and draw us away from our gerbil wheels of time and technology. On the barren cliffs of the Oregon coast, the trendy shores of South Beach, the romantic sands of Maui, or the tropical beaches of faraway places, the sand and sea invite us to play, relax, and dream new dreams.

Don’t you wish life really was a beach?

PS Check out the beach posters and fine art prints at posters.com. Escape for a little while. Decorate your space with your beach . . . and dream.