Dancing Waves

This painting captures my simple love for the ocean and the beauty of waves in motion. There's something mesmerizing about the way water rises, rolls, and breaks, each wave creating its own rhythm. I wanted to focus on the play of light and texture as the wave crashes, with the reflections and colors in the water bringing a sense of energy and calm at the same time. It’s a snapshot of nature’s endless dance at the shoreline, offering a moment of peace and connection to the sea’s timeless power. Perfect for any space that seeks to evoke the soothing, ever-changing presence of the ocean.

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I focus on acrylic paintings generally with a marine aspect to them. I love painting turtles and waves. Growing up surrounded by the beauty of Moreton Bay I fell in love with the water. Everything about it calms me and reminds me of happy memories, so when I started painting of course I wanted to paint it. And then I realised how involved it was, and how I was seeing the world in such a limited way - the sky was blue, the water was blue, and leaves were green. Thanks to a great mentor Mark Waller (from Explore Acrylics), I now see the reflections, refractions, the water colour that changes, the yellow and red in leaves and the elusive purple shadows. As I learn to see all these nuances my art improves, but I’m sure my learning will be never ending. I hope you start to see all those colours in my paintings, or in everyday life and get the same joy as I do when that coloured glue eventually starts to evoke a memory.

I am available for specific commissions including any with a focus on: marine paintings, seascapes, beach scenes, pandanus, whales, dolphins, turtles, manta rays, eagle rays, stingrays, whalesharks. And now I am branching into portraits.