I love Dowdle puzzles overall. This one not so much. I had just finished the Dowdle Puzzle for Seaside and absolutely loved the quality and the way the pieces locked together. Even though Cannon Beach is 500 pieces more, it has been a chore because the puzzle pieces don't have the same quality (like the front of the puzzle pieces peeling off on several pieces) and the fact that pieces don't lock together well. You must have had a different process cutting the puzzle for Cannon Beach than for Seaside as there is a world of difference in the quality. I am still a fan of Dowdle Puzzles, but not of the Newport Beach one.
I’ve not had a chance to put the puzzle together yet. I know its a puzzle that came from a painting of Eric Dowdle, it will be good.