Turbulence ll

In finishing this larger and in color  ( many shades of green grays ) version of "Turbulence"( which was grey and white)  I remembered something I had forgotten.. Almost every image I paint, I choose because I have some emotional  attachment to some aspect of water... In the beginning I was just trying to understand what light and movement do to water/waves.. Now I see something and gasp. And the feeling stays with me.. Then comes the task of trying to convey that feeling in paint..

So I was really excited to hang this on my wall today... It replaces a calm wave painting that left for a new home at the end of last year. Now I just want to sit back on my sofa and stare at it... ( As if I haven't been staring at it for the past 2 months...)

Celebrated with a great morning paddle in Bo, sun shining through the fog, calm and glassy, Pelicans, Brandt's geese, seals, loons, fog show, good conversations with a surf buddy and to top it all off, rideable and fun small waves appearing out of the flat sea...

"Turbulence ll" 36"x36" oil/canvas

In place/scale

Foam, foam on the Range...

Sorry, I couldn't resist...

I just finished clearing out my studio to prepare for new lighting installation..(Hopefully it will help on the foggy, or rainy days and at night... ) Sawing, sheetrock, paint, and dust don't go well with all the STUFF. Once it was cleared out it was so... light! airy! spacious! clean! Maybe it's time to move the paintings on to a new home....Hmmmmm.

Meantime, I have been painting on a ukulele, which is time consuming but a nice break from the canvas...will post it when I am finished. Back east to Maryland tomorrow for a week to see my mom...