Sitting in the Flowers, Looking for Whales / 30 x 30 / Oil on Canvas
Original Oil Landscape Painting of the California Coast in Big Sur by Liana Steinmetz
ARTIST NOTES: When I am painting the ocean, I often see whales. Never a breach or a fluke. Just a blow on the horizon. Tiny hellos. They are on their way somewhere, moving through the ocean, doing what whales do. I watch them and think about all that is happening beneath the surface. All that life moving, feeding, traveling, surviving. The ocean carrying on with its ancient business. And then there is me. I wonder where I fit in all of this, with my phone in my back pocket, and factory shoes on my feet. I know I am part of it. I know I belong to this wild world. But it is so easy to feel separate. So I’m always happy to see a whale. Just a little reminder from the ocean that I am part of this natural world, I am a creature too. And I can wave back to the whales.
DETAILS:
- Oil on canvas
- 36" x 36" x 1.5"
- Sides are painted as a continuation of the painted
- Wire on back and ready to hang
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