I love big surf, especially storm-driven waves that crash and churn and then run up, and sometimes over, the beach. Drawing and painting these waves, trying to capture their energy, has been my ongoing challenge and passion.
Even in Wisconsin, I can enjoy California or Hawaiian surf; play in it, marvel at it, while painting it. Above is a 3 foot by 4 foot acrylic on canvas of a gnarly breaker along the central California Coast. I worked on this painted during the last two weeks, finishing it (I think) today. Here is its progress:
