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: 2.31m x 1.33m Status: Private Collection, Marlborough, England Medium: Oils on canvas
February to April 1981 in Vancouver, Canada Exhibited: 5, 6, 7, 8
A tremendous moment of great visual impact presented itself when the first large thunderstorm raindrops struck a mirror smooth bayou water surface in New Orleans! Memories recalls a moment of great clarity between the calm and the confused as the light faded in a pelting downpour of rain.
Impacts of experience may expand like spreading rings on water; intermingling and fading with time, but still leaving impressions...
Bright red underpainting in the picture's lowermost foot (0.3m approx) is intended to enrich the foreground colours, particularly the deep blues.
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