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.
This river could be anywhere, of course, but it's based on memories and photos I took in Kyoto, Japan. Quiet and peaceful.
Creating this painting was not quiet and peaceful, however. More than once I thought I'd blown it and would have to gesso over it. So glad now I didn't.
2022 Acrylic on raw canvas Size: 24" x 30"