Waves

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 6ft x 6ft
Creation Date: 2023
Collection: Ephemeral Atmosphere

Waves (2023) is a rhythm made visible — a painting that doesn’t depict water, but channels its motion, memory, and emotional undercurrents. Created in acrylic on wood, this 72 x 72 inch work from the Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection is both a pulse and a poem.

Brushstrokes rise and fall across the surface in loose, undulating arcs — some soft and foamy, others jagged and urgent. The palette glows with sea-toned blues, hints of aqua, and flashes of sun-warmed coral. Between the gestures, negative space sways gently, creating an effect of movement even in stillness.

I painted Waves while reflecting on how we move through change — how emotions roll through us like tides. It’s not about water. It’s about repetition and surrender. Each mark is a moment. Each line, a breath.

The piece resonates with the meditative fluidity of Yayoi Kusama, particularly her infinite nets and organic repetitions. Like Kusama, I see pattern not as design but as devotion — a way to process the endless push and pull of being alive.

Waves doesn’t crash. It flows. It carries. It reminds us that we are always riding something — an emotion, a thought, a phase. Sometimes gently. Sometimes not.

As part of the Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection, this painting celebrates rhythm not as structure, but as experience. A wave doesn’t explain. It moves. And Waves lets you move with it.