3 Cups circa 1987 Print

This work's location is currently unknown, and thus not for sale. I do though have the 30x40 originating "3 Cups" acrylic painting, and once I have a suitable image file, that work will be available for sale, the 1st time since 1984. What/who inspired the work? - Monet was my most dominant influence at the time, and living in Galveston with my wife and 3 children, I applied an abstracted fusion of floral and seaside vegetation. I remember distinctly feeling that "cups" was both a good compromise and synthesis of both on land and underwater vegetation. What do you hope its viewers will feel/think? I honestly didn't think of that much then, but wanted to share my love of living near the water, feeling fresh breezes, and feeling a healthy happiness. I felt this motif, which I began in 1984 with my 1st "3 Cups" variation, a 30x40" acrylic, carried that feeling in style and color and mood. Why did you choose the medium, subject matter, style? I chose acrylic simply because it was easier to use and clean up than oils, even vs the water based oils I'd eventually switch to for a decade around 2001 once the children were grown. The impressionist style felt happy, as I mostly prefer to feel, and very much felt. The added abstractionist element felt a perfect complement of freedom to also have, allowing me to feel I could explore my own stylistic variations as they arose.