An Ocean Out of Balance Painting

This piece is a classic case of starting off with one idea and ended up with a something else. The pasting was curvaceous and it was always going to be something ‘watery’! But as I painted… this slightly chaotic, oceanic turbulence began to appear, the strong deep blue cutting through. What would have been the images of sea sponges (bottom right) became the foaming spray of the waves. Our Oceans need humanity’s understanding and care, as we are all one with everything… isn’t that self-care?... whichever way we look at it? My work has an emphasis on texture and in this painting I have used acrylic paste with palette knives to create the underlying structure and then coloured with acrylic paint using various techniques with brush and rag and applied luscious, thick layers of paint to increase the energy of the piece. This painting is on 100% cotton canvas stretched over a deep (approx 3.7cm) wooden frame and is signed on the front. It does not require additional framing and is shipped with hooks and wire so that it can be hung immediately after unwrapping.