Painting of Ships in Rough Seas Size:12"x8" faraway wilderness indoors

faraway wilderness indoors

The flat graphic treatment and clean outlines give the composition the confidence of a vintage travel poster

hinting at the slow swirl of a distant galaxy

expressive brushwork scatters warm flecks of harbour lights across the water

The piece carries the colour and calm of tropical waters into the home

Painting of Ships in Rough Seas Size:12"x8" faraway wilderness indoorsThis atmospheric oil painting captures a single masted sailing boat pressing through choppy open water under a pale, hazy sky. The white sail billows high and full, painted with broad palette knife strokes that catch the diffused morning light, while the small dark hull leans into the wind. Deep indigo and teal waves churn in the foreground, their crests breaking into thick crested ridges of white spray. Two ghostly sails fade into the misty distance