Between the Waves Abstract Oil Painting Original oil painting:Original oil painting on canvas 16 x 20" so not only do they

so not only do they not look like us

Because why not

I wanted to portray the crone nature of one of these cemetery trees without falling into what for me is the trap of Naturalism

an abstract approach to the imagery of spirits helps emphasize that these beings are not human

The peoples spirit helpers--cat

Between the Waves Abstract Oil Painting Original oil painting:Original oil painting on canvas 16 x 20" so not only do theyFor me, the way light glances over the ripples and waves of water is magical. In this painting, I was remembering swimming in the ocean on a sunny day, where the sun slithered apart and road the ridges of the little valleys between the waves. How the strips of sunlight moved snakelike, broke apart into coins of light and reformed to ride the surface of the water Fire and Water dancing. That's what I've tried to portray here. The original oil painting