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1.06.2009

waiting at red tide

a new piece. oil & graphite on wood.
The hardest part was choosing the right colors for each element, as they all fall in the same analogous spectrum. Waiting and glazing were crucial in the process.
'Red tide' is an interesting water phenomenon, an algal bloom, where in some cases it gives the ocean a red-brown hue, sort of blood like. Seeing waves that color is surreal, and swimming in it is... 'fuzzy'.