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.
In the interests of "waste not want not," and trying to figure out how to use (not waste) the gessoed canvases in my studio, yet wanting to continue with my theme of atmospheric paintings, a technique used by a fellow artist at The Art Students League got my attention. An old photo from Germany provided the inspiration. The castle on the hill seen from the river is almost clear.
2020 Acrylic Size: 20"x20"