Painting by David Clare 387 Artworks Sold

Rainbow Bay

Acrylic, Canvas, Ready to hang

51cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)

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Artwork Description

“Rainbow Bay” is a sweeping, immersive abstraction created through rhythmic drips and layered pours of paint. The composition curves across the canvas in a powerful arc, evoking the movement of water, tide, and shoreline seen from above.

On one side, deep and luminous blues swirl together, textured with intricate trails of dripped pigment that suggest the energy of rolling waves. These cool tones transition into bands of fiery orange, red, and gold, before softening into lighter passages of white and pale pink. A vibrant green form emerges at the edge, balancing the composition and reinforcing the sense of a living, shifting landscape.

The drip technique creates a rich surface alive with motion. Fine strands of paint overlap and intertwine, forming a tactile network of lines that capture both flow and force. The overall effect is dynamic yet harmonious—like nature’s elements meeting in a moment of colour and movement.

“Rainbow Bay” celebrates the expressive potential of paint itself, transforming simple drips into a powerful evocation of sea, land, and light.

Artist Bio

Have been painting in Oils for 20 years, starting off in a traditional landscape/still life style, but gradually evolving to wherever inspiration, and the paint and colour take me. I have Illustrated Children's books, working in Acrylic, however the flow, movement and deep depth of colour of Oil's are truly addictive.

My art is wide and varied, and provides me with endless joy, with the odd moment of frustration along the way. The joy of my art is that I don't put any restrictions on it. It flows, it comes from ideas, visions and sometimes just from playing with paint. The whole point of being a creative person, is to be creative, so I can't lock into a particular style and paint that style over and over. The closest I come to that are my fish paintings, but I love my fish paintings, they are so relaxing, therapeutic and never quite the same as I chase the swimming fish around the canvas.
Sometimes I will start a painting with a particular idea, or style in mind, but as soon as I apply paint to the canvas I see something happening that I simply can't resist. So the original idea is taken over by the intriguing possibilities of the unknown creation that lies ahead. Sometimes that creation is nothing special, or lost in the overworked searches for that magic painting that came from nowhere. Sometimes, that magic painting does come from nowhere, and I stand back amazed and wonder how it happened. My years of experience have taught me to trust my artistic instincts, so more often than not, I am pleased with the results.
I have no doubt that my unrestricted "style" probably works against my marketable profile, but I love the way I can paint with freedom and I cannot wait to see what I come up with next.

Commissions

David's studio is in Brisbane