What I love about water – ocean, lake, river, waterfall – is how it is always changing. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même. Change is inevitable. The challenge is how to capture the depth, the movement. In my abstract, acrylic paintings, water sometimes looks like water, but it also sometimes looks like space or sky. Honestly, it’s not something I always control. Some paintings just happen.
What I love about water – ocean, lake, river, waterfall – is how it is always changing. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même. Change is inevitable. The challenge is how to capture the depth, the movement. In my abstract, acrylic paintings, water sometimes looks like water, but it also sometimes looks like space or sky. Honestly, it’s not something I always control. Some paintings just happen.
The sky was easy: first the sunset glow and then the blue and purple. Once dry, I added the trees, one at a time ... it took four hours. Then the darker ground at the bottom, so the trees weren't just floating. It's a beautiful, bare winter scene without the snow ... straight from my memory.
2019 Acrylic on raw canvas Size: 18"x29"