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The Cure for Anything is Salt Water: Sweat, Tears or the Sea
Deep Indigo 20x20
Can Salt Water be a Cure? It Certainly has Healed Me.
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea."
That quote by Isak Dinesen rings truer than ever for me!
Caroline Zimmermann surfing T-Street, San Clemente, California
Water is both a creative and a destructive force in Nature, it can be ethereal and yet relentless.
As a surfer, I've always had a close relationship with the ocean and have had many hours of observing the waters of all the seven seas. As a painter, I have enjoyed the challenge of depicting the constantly changing qualities of water as a vital force of nature.
"Wall of Water" 40x40
In my wave paintings, water roars...it is ominous and intimidating.
In Aquamarine I & II, I let the water of a sheltered tropical sea inspire me: with that perfect temperature, little or no wind, shallow sand bottom and so perfectly clear. That blue: the kind that beckons, glows, resonates with a calm hum, inviting, soothing.
What I like to call Blue Water Bliss.
"Aquamarine I" 40x30
A thousand shades of blue and just as many brushstrokes came together in a journey through the creative and destructive processes of making art. My painting revealed its own shifting shapes and dancing light - like water, elusive and infinitely satisfying. Somehow, bringing to me that inner hum, resonance and calm, with some joy-filled giggles in between.
"Blue Water Triptych" 32x64
"Island Reflections" 66x40
I would love for anyone who sees these water paintings to feel like they can dive right in.
CZ
To see available paintings please visit my full collection of water paintings and seascapes.
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