Fire of 1995

In August of 1995 wild fires raged out of control and burnt hundreds of acres of Long Island Pine Barrens. Again Westhampton Dunes provided a front row seat to this spectacle. For twenty four hours Jeff watched the fire and smoke fill the horizon.

"It looked as if the world were onfire, and through the night I watched the flames, surrounded by a rain of ashes. An erie sunrise followed as light filtered through the smoke that I could see stretch out around the curvature of the Earth." Jeff Muhs.

Photos of Fire from August 1995 in Westhamtpon Dunes

 

'Trial Fire' Oil On Canvas

Painting inspired by the wild fires in 1995

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