The dunes of Sandy Neck on Cape Cod are a panorama of textures, contrasts, and tonalities that emerge from white sands, sea grasses, and low-lying forests. As sand on the coastal margins is blown inland, vegetative species that have adapted to hot, dry, salty conditions protect and stabilize this mature barrier island. But, along the Cape coastline, the coastal erosion of sand cliffs has become more commonplace as they are battered by increasingly violent storms and rising seas. In their protection of the land, the dunes stand as glorious monuments. In creating this work, I was struck that such evocative otherworldly beauty can survive in the face of such harsh conditions.