My first ocean painting was inspired by a copy of an Albert Pinkham Ryder seascape by Jackson Pollock. Teacher Neil Welliver took note of it being different from the usual life studies I had been doing and advised me to look at work by Ryder and Eilshemius.
Bathing Figure
1972
oil
12 x 16
I took off with a series of Ryder inspired seascapes and bathers.
Ocean Painting 2
1971
oil
5 x 6
Furthest from natural color, perhaps the best painting of the series
Bathing Figure 2
1971
oil
16 x 20
another early bather
Bather Study 2
1971
oil
10 x 9
quick bather study
Auto on Beach
1971
oil
12 x 12
Rythmical dominance, infuence of Ryder and Pollock.