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Baby Octopus in the Briny Deep, 36"x48" Painting
United States
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 W x 36 H x 1.5 D in
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This painting took years to come to life. That happens sometimes. Painting is not a linear, fill in the dots with a number two pencil kind of process—it ambles and rolls and flies and stumbles and falls and drags you down and lifts you up—sometimes all in the space of the same painting session. Over 20 years of painting, I’ve come to learn not to freak out when a piece doesn’t know where its going or if I can’t see what needs to come next. It can be a painful process at times because we want order in chaos. But the truth is to be a painter, sometimes you have to wait patiently and listen to the canvas. Which is how Baby Octopus in the Briny Deep came to life. This work has several layers of underpaintings and texture that I built up over years as I tried to figure out what the painting is. And then a little inspiration, a lot of blue paint, and the thought of a wee, tiny baby Giant Pacific Octopus at the bottom of the Salish Sea emerged. Baby Octopus is hard to spot in amidst the briny deep--but they are there! A tiny little red figure in the lower right corner. Painting measures 36"x48" and is rich with texture, recreating the feel of the swimming or scuba diving in the briny deep sea.
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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:48 W x 36 H x 1.5 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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