Rising Tide, oil painting by MJ Costello
Modern

Rising Tide

Oil on canvas

I pulled the ocean apart until only the shapes were left. Cream against black, foam climbing up out of the dark and thinning as it goes, the way it does when a wave washes up and lets go. No horizon, no sky, just the rhythm of it. I wanted to see if I could keep the feeling of the water without painting the water at all.

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