After the Storm V
31.10.05
Oil on Canvas
76 x 76 cm
$3500 NZD
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After completing "After the Storm IV" it struck me that the elements of that painting would lend themselves beautifully to a diamond shaped canvas. Now I'm glad I took the leap and broke some conventions because it also lead me on to paint "Earth, Fire, Air, Water ".
On an early morning jog down the beach a few weeks ago I came across this old canoe washed up on the bank of the estuary. It looked so great I ran home and then all the way back again with my camera and took a bunch of photos. That evening I came back to find that someone had dragged it up into the dunes away from the tide. I got some beautiful photos in the very last rays of the sun. I had been working on a commission in the studio of ' Bream Bay Reflections ' (a dinghy on the beach) and had been wondering about borrowing someones boat to model on the beach so this canoe came as what still seems like a gift from God. The next day it was gone and I thanked my lucky stars for taking the photo opportunities when I did.
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