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Daisy Bay, Tutukaka 09.08.03 Acrylic on Board 71 x 46cm 28 x 18" $1000 NZD (framed) Currency Converter

This is my fourth painting of this beautiful bay. Something about it's seclusion makes it even more alluring, as there is hardly ever anyone on it due to the drive up the hill and the steep walk down to the beach. I've paid special attention to making the colours as vibrant as possible. The rich blue is built up with 4 to 6 individual layers and most areas have been overlaid with similar multiple glazes. As with varnishing wood, where the colour is intensified with every consecutive layer of varnish, glazes allow light to pass through the transparent paint layer, reflecting off the white base beneath and then shining out from within the painting, almost like a stained glass window.