Bill Pike water & reflections

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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A Settling Wake

A Settling Wake

Size: 0.88m x 0.61m  Medium: Oils on canvas  

Jul-Aug 2025  

The river traffic had been very busy this morning, and a third motor cruiser had just passed downstream in five minutes or so, after which time, its wake waves were settling down and the River Thames at Abingdon was returning to its reflective state, with wind gusts disturbing the water in the foreground.

A Settling Wake (map)