Aegean Crest is a textured abstract seascape painting in blue and white, and the studio is upfront that this is the third version of the same wave. The first two sold. The studio kept the composition, kept the cropped tight frame, and pulled the color back to just blue and white. This is the most restrained of the three.
The palette is two colors. Deep blue and white. The studio spent the most time on the transition between the two, which is what gives the wave its sense of motion. The ridges are built up in palette knife, and the white is the crest. The blue is the water around it. There is no third color, no warm grey, no cream. The painting is content to be two colors and a shape.
A blue and white seascape wants a wall with calm around it. A bedroom, a study, or a small entryway are all good homes. The piece is also a common choice for a bathroom, where the cool palette and the small scale tend to work in a tight space. If your room is already full of color, this is the wrong painting. It will get lost, or it will fight, and either way the painting is not the one for the room.
The studio is upfront that this is the third in a small series. The first two were warmer in palette, and the studio has been slowly pulling the color back with each take. There is no plan for a fourth version, and there is no plan for a print of any of the three. Each version is one of one, and each version stands on its own.
One last note. The piece is the kind of work that pulls the eye from across a room, because the white crest is the loudest thing on the canvas. A wall with direct side-lighting will cast small shadows on the ridges, which is the kind of detail you only notice if you live with the piece for a few weeks.
