Painting (32) Dark Water

I’ve been trying to put my lockdown time to good use. Actually, or rather sadly maybe, this is not that much different from my normal routine. Although I am missing my pub time… I’m back to work on the WWI novel [for real this time] and I’m doing an editing project for a friend. This painting is the result of several failed attempts at painting water lilies. In frustration, I painted the canvas purple and then parts of it randomly black. I was immediately reminded of a photo I took of the ocean at night and voila: