Ocean Reef Wall Art Paintings

I have spent countless hours observing and digitally photographing the ocean reef. Fascinated by the movement of the sea foam, I pondered about the possibilities of capturing the fundamental nature of what makes the ocean reef so beautiful. My wonder soon transformed into resolve. For four years, it was been my aim to paint wall art that gives the observer a sense of being right there, in the moment, at the ocean’s edge.

I have taken countless digital photographs in various places like Laguna Beach, Morro Bay ,Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, , Big Sur, San Simeon, and Carmel. High speed digital photography gives me an great opportunity to observe the character of the ocean’s movement, I figured out that the resulting images did not often give a sense of action. If fact, more often than not, they literally appear to be frozen like ice. Often, the sea-foam would look like snow. Every once in a while, there would be images that did capture the agitated seawater. These pictures displayed shapes that traced the gushes and spirals of the churning water. Another characteristic I noted was a slight blur in the foam swirls at specific points along the arms of the swirls. I’m not one to appreciate the long exposure type photography of water. Often they make all the moving water look like a mass of white blur. The water images that really gave a sense of action while maintaining an overall clarity contained individual blurry areas of sea foam or water. Barely noticeable, these areas seemed to be strategically placed. The Pacific Ocean has been my teacher.

I am excited to share with you the “Receding Tide” series of paintings. You will find them under the category “Ocean Reefs” in the store menu. My goal is for people to enjoy a sense of getting their feet wet when they stand in front of these up close and personal seascape paintings. If you smell the salt air and get the urge to roll up your pant legs then I will have succeeded.

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