Front Row Seat, 24X30, oil on linenThis painting came from my desire to paint the translucency of water. The rhythm of the foam and the challenge of painting the foreground rock as it disappears into the sea. When I finished this painting, and had the wave breaking behind the middle ground rock, I felt that the focus of the painting was missing. That's when I put in the sea gull on the rock, right in front of where that wave is breaking. In a moment, he's going to be wearing that wave.
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Hi Steve, I can hear the waves crashing in this beautiful painting. Simply wonderful!
Beautiful job on the waves and the translucent color!!
I really like the way you painted the water spilling over the cracks of the rocks. Very beautiful.
Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. This painting will be in my solo show at the Bosque Conservatory at the end of July, 2009. It will be the only ocean painting there, I'm hoping that in the middle of a hot Texas summer, someone will want a nice cool ocean scene!
Resplendent!
And congrats on your upcoming solo show!
Thanks for the kudos Jennifer! And congrats to you for having your painting make the cover of the Salon show brochure. Even 4 color offset printing couldn't ruin that beautiful painting of yours.
Steve
very beautiful, ciao from italy by luisa
Steve,
Mission accomplished. Guess I'll be taking a trip down the road to Clifton in July to see your show. Great painting. You planning on doing others of the same subject matter?
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