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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My next show, "WAVES and WAKES", is scheduled to run from Sat 12th April until Sat 10th May at the Katharine House Gallery, in The Parade, MARLBOROUGH, Wiltshire, SN8 1NE. For further information, ring The Gallery, which is open Tue-Sat, on 01672-514040.

Merger

Size: 1.14m x 0.76m Status: Private Collection, Marlborough, England Medium: Oils on canvas

April to May 1983 in Marlborough, England Exhibited: 7, 8

The bow-waves made by two artificial wakes merge in the swift tidal flow downstream of vertical, cylindrical bridge stanchions. the wakes produce 'interference patterns' as some waves build each other up (reinforce) into larger amplitudes, others find themselves 'out of phase' and cancel out to form smoother patches of water.

Hopefully, although the process is not a smooth one, science and art can happily go forward together 'hand in hand'.

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