by LDUS2530 | Nov 6, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air
Why do we love the beach so much? There is a unique quality experienced at the ocean, an encounter that has no substitute. It is the essence of what my ocean paintings are about. First, there is the sound that you notice right away. The rhythmic pounding...
by LDUS2530 | Aug 21, 2018 | Breath of Salt Air
It’s been a hot summer and the day I painted this at Balsam Farms in Amagansett was no exception. I started the painting in the early morning. By the time I got my general composition down, the heat and humidity were bearing down but I shrugged it off. The...
by LDUS2530 | 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...
by LDUS2530 | 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....
by LDUS2530 | 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...
by LDUS2530 | 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...
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