water n.
a colourless, odourless liquid
Yet water, particularly a water surface, has so many wonderful effects which are often taken for granted, or not even noticed, by those whose very existence depends on it in everyday life...
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Bill Pike lives and works in Berkshire, England.
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Size: 1.42m x 1.24m Status: Private Collection, London, England Medium: Oils and polyurethane varnishes on canvas
October 1982 in Marlborough, partly 'on the flat' Exhibited: 7, 8
On the 15th of July 1982, while awaiting studio visitors in Marlborough, Wiltshire; I was caught out by a thunderstorm at its height which made driving impossible. The rain fell very heavily for a short time, with large drops splashing fully 18 inches (about half a metre) up off of the flooded tarmac, making a spectacular sight! Fortunately, forty days of continuous rain did not follow during that particular year, contrary to the fable.
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