Pacific Ocean vs. The Atlantic

by | Apr 24, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air

In Malibu, California much of the shoreline is compressed between mountains and the wild energy of the sea. It’s quite a different sensation than what I feel walking on a beach at home in the Hamptons.  I feel a bit constricted on the West Coast as if I am...

Translucent Wave Surge

by | Mar 19, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air

I like to zero in on the moment when all the energy of a wave rolling toward me explodes back on itself sending bubbles of light up into the air.  I’m amazed at the shapes and colors that are reinvented with every https://orderingmodafinil.com/ tumbling wave....

Spirited Wave

by | Feb 27, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air

Painting rapidly can capture the sensation of tumbling waves in just a few strokes. I usually take a painting to the next stage and define smaller areas but I like this bold look.  The focus is movement and soft but vibrant color combinations. Continuing on with my...

Double Wave Burst

by | Jan 29, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air

Oil paint in variations of blue, green and gray can stir up the feeling of awe and beauty at the ocean. I’m always trying to find new color combinations to bring that sensation to my paintings. Here, there is a dreamlike delicacy in the finely woven greys...

Aquamarine Jade Ice

by | Jan 16, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air

I never tire of observing and feeling the colors at the beach.  I see the beauty in Winter when the frozen bay turns into artic ivory and the branches lend only a brown gray haze of color. But I have never felt moved to paint it..and then I saw this.  Aquamarine buy...