TM8876 Watching the Waves Come In #190 6×6 oil on paper
TM8878 Watching the Waves Come In #192 6×6 oil on paper
TM8877 Watching the Waves Come In #191 6×6 oil on paper
I’ll never tire of watching the waves at Gloucester’s back shore. These three “minis” were the result of some stormy weather intersecting with my palette knife. So much fun! And a useful project while waiting for the base layer on two new, large paintings to dry.
Technical painting notes: All three paintings are on rag paper with a shellac primer. I used Winsor Newton’s Liquin Impasto and Liquin original for the medium – lots of liquin original. I wanted the paint to have lots of body so I could apply it with the knife, but I also wanted fluidity so it would emulate the liquid I was painting – waves.
Teri Malo Studio 
Very sculptural, almost architectural, but full of movement. How difficult that must be – and you have captured it in such a few movements. Excellent!
Thank you. The challenge is to think of them as haikus, where every stroke makes a maximum impact while seeming simple and direct.
That’s a lovely simile, a visual haiku… mmmm – can I keep that?
I’m happy to share.