VIEW IN MY ROOM
Australia
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 18.9 W x 23.6 H x 1.6 D in
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Patience and hope are the key themes for these three in natures waiting room. I captured this image on a beautiful winters day off Sydney's coastline. When the sun is low on the horizon with a light coastal breeze, especially in winter, the sea sparkles. The intensity of the light on the sea has rendered these surfers as animated silhouettes. The sport of surfing rests on the surfer’s ability to wait patiently for the ocean swell to produce the perfect wave to ride. In this scene the two surfers at the front of the painting are in light conversation, but both are still scanning the horizon for “the one”. Floating above them is a wave ski rider; the essential odd one out in every waiting room scene. He’s not part of the waiting room conversation as his water craft is too different to be considered a regular. When I sketched “The Waiting Room”, I wanted to understand the animation hiding within the black shadow. To understand the body language, I first painted the figures without being silhouettes. Then as the painting progressed I emulated the winter effects of the sun, shadow and water to capture the essence of a morning surf in winter. The ski rider is twisting his head and shoulders towards a new hope on the horizon. At the top right of the painting the sparkles from the sun on the water are intensified in anticipation of a change in the swell. He’ll need to start a fast paddle, before the other two surfers do, if he hopes to catch the next wave. This fine artwork on canvas comes with a complimentary wooden frame in white wash, silver and aqua-grey. The canvas frame is attached by 4 screws to the picture frame and is easy to remove. The frame adds 4.3 cm to the width and height of the canvas dimensions (framed dimensions are 54.3 by 64.3).
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:18.9 W x 23.6 H x 1.6 D in
Frame:Silver
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a box. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:Australia.
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I was born in Papua New Guinea and lived on a remote rubber plantation before moving to Sydney in 1971 at the age of 7. I was finding it hard adjusting to the city and my mother encouraged me to take up oil painting. Having won an art competition when I was 10, the judges recommended that I study at the local TAFE on a Saturday morning. I completed one term but felt out of place with students who were all over 16 years old, so I did not continue. I was also a TV junkie, we had no TV in Papua, and staying at TAFE meant missing out on Hey Hey It’s Saturday. It took me 40 years to rediscover painting. The one constant in my work is to find a new project and during my break from painting I have been a project manager in Information Technology. This kept me in a world with projects, and here too I learnt that even the smallest piece of data contributes its meaning towards each information system. The other constant motivating me in life is to finish a project so I can start a new one. My artworks and book Digital Dreaming all come under my brand names of Soul Assets and RLB-Soulassets.
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