Ally Blaze paints away her turbulent life in New York City. With her deceased Mother locked in her memory, she travels to escape and create, away from her Father and his girlfriend. When an unexpected destination with a haunting past greets Ally, she realises that she has been running from her family's truth. It takes a close community and the head-over-heels love of local surfer boy, Miles Starwood, to understand that life is not always the romantic image as shown on a canvas. Ally must open herself up to love, and read the stories as told on her paintings.