October 1, 2008

New Surf Painting

I have just finished a new painting. It is a very unusual one for me. It is a kind of expressionist-abstract painting. The inspiration for this painting was surfing. My partner in crime loves surfing and he surfs too. He taught me a few years ago how to survive bodyboarding in the Atlantic ocean on the big waves (bodyboarding is a kind of surfing for 'wretches' or silly persons). Since then I am addicted to it, too. I love watching surfers floating in the waves in the ocean and I love bodyboarding by myself. It is a transcending experience when you are under water in the middle of a whirlpool and you have no idea if you will surface or not.

Back to the art . The title of my new painting is "Red Surfer". It is a 4 panelled painting. My first surf-art work. I will definitely paint more in the future.

I used almost no brushes only pallet knifes and my fingers. It is an oil painting. The canvas that I used for the 4 panels are small; 40cm by 40cm. I started with just one canvas. Then I got an idea for a triptych, and then the triptych increased to 4 panels.

Here is the painting. Please, tell me what you think about it.

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