“The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamouring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of contemplation. The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.” – Kate Chopin (The Awakening) Oil painting “The wave”…
It is truly exceptional the way new ideas can cross your mind… Someday you go for a walk, you see a leaf falling from a tree, and that is it. “Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of…
“There is only one difference between a madman and myself. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad” – Salvador Dalí.
“Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings” – Victor Hugo Drawing of a juvenile Caspian Tern from Penguin Island, Australia
“In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth” – Mahatma Gandhi. Painting of Lighthouse in Crete, Greece
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything” – Plato Drawing of cellist Zuill Bailey
Dos rojas lenguas de fuego que a un mismo tronco enlazadas se aproximan y, al besarse, forman una sola llama. Dos notas que del laúd a un tiempo la mano arranca, y en el espacio se encuentran y armoniosas se abrazan. Dos olas que vienen juntas a morir sobre…
“View of Cape Palos from La Manga beach, Spain” . . I couldn’t think of a better use for an old palette. I wanted to keep the remainders of dry painting that became different paintings once, to create a texture as a basis for this new oil. And I chose a special seascape that brings me…
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” (Vincent van Gogh)
This painting shows a quiet autumn afternoon for sailing. The waves on the back, typical from Gnarabup beach, in Western Australia, break the stillness of the water, which moves in harmony with the clouds.
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