When the Beacon Fails
Hope Blakely
Price: $
975
🌒 When the Beacon Fails is a haunting seascape painted by Hope Blakely in 2023—her original design, brought to life in oils on a grand 24x48 stretched canvas. Set beneath a sky ablaze with eerie reds and violets, a lone ship sails toward the unknown while a lighthouse—dark and lifeless—stands silent on the craggy shore.
👁️ Look closely and you’ll discover something more: hidden in the swirling storm clouds looms the shape of a skull, barely visible, like a warning whispered from the heavens. The absence of light is no accident; it’s part of the story. There is no guiding beam here—only instinct, fate, and a horizon thick with mystery.
🖌️ Painted in Arvada, Colorado, this cinematic work blends nautical storytelling with gothic atmosphere. It’s a piece that invites closer inspection—and lingers long after you've looked away.
📌 Quick Highlights:
⚓ Original oil painting by Hope Blakely
🌊 24x48 on stretched canvas (unframed)
🌅 Nautical sunset with ship, lighthouse, and hidden skull in clouds
🗓️ Painted in 2023 | 📍 Arvada, Colorado
💰 Priced at $975 | ✅ Available
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24 x 48
Oil
Stretched Canvas
Unframed
2023
Category:
Landscape/Seascape/Lighthouse
Hope Blakely
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An unlit lighthouse, a ship adrift, and a skull hidden in the clouds define When the Beacon Fails, a 24x48 original oil painting by Hope Blakely. Painted in 2023 in Arvada, Colorado.
An unlit lighthouse, a ship adrift, and a skull hidden in the clouds define When the Beacon Fails, a 24x48 original oil painting by Hope Blakely. Painted in 2023 in Arvada, Colorado.