In 2016 I painted several small oils on wood and canvas (mostly on wood) depicting the breaking waves of the ocean. For some reason in the fall of 2016 I had this itch to paint a small painting of ocean break. I actually painted 3 small oils on wood at the same time.
The first batch looked like this (above picture)
The first batch was all done on 14 inch wooden panels and took me about 2 hours per painting to finish.
Water is probably the most common element in my paintings. That and Sun (sun rays). I guess I'm not unique among other artists in this. Ocean and sky is probably the biggest source of inspiration out there!
The second batch looked like this
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These were actually only 10x8inch wood panels and took no time to finish
Water + Sunset = I am in heaven
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When I was done with these, which was pretty fast since 14 inch canvas does not really take that long to paint, (especially considering that I am used to 60 inch canvases), I posted in on my facebook page for a friendly price and they all sold within minutes.
I realized that I gotta get more since more people were asking me to his kind of deal...
And so came the third batch
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I actually painted that wave painting together with 3 other sky studies. Here are all 4 of them together:
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I thought that's it. I'm done with small stuff for the pre-Christmas sale season. But two close friends of mine contacted me and asked me to paint one more for each of them.
And so came the FOURTH batch!
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Quality of this photo sucks. I think I took it with my phone, for some reason, which is not typical for me. Sorry :)
And well. I thought that THIS MUST BE IT. END OF WAVES SEASON FOR THIS YEAR!
Hell no I was wrong haha.
I decided to go to Hawaii just before Christmas and what a better present to bring to my lovely friends who were hosting me than a small Hawaiian landscape with breaking ocean!
And so this was REALLY the last one, at least for that year!
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This last one reminds me of the famous Napali coast hike in Maui. Ever heard of Taylor Camp? Google it, that was one epic time for lots of hippies in this beautiful island in the middle of Pacific.
I hope you like the ocean just as much as me, and that you enjoyed the paintings.
Thank you very much for reading, commenting, upvoting and resteeming!
<3
Much Love,
Mandatory Hawaii "Hang Loose" beach bum picture to go with the paintings!