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Ephemeral Atmosphere · 2022
Movement of the Blue Ocean
Available · in the studio, Phoenix
The full blue — ocean at the scale where it stops being something you look at and becomes something you're inside.
Blue Ocean (2022) is a meditation on vastness — a space too large to fully grasp, yet deeply intimate in sensation. Part of the Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection, this 97.3 x 77.3 inch mixed media canvas immerses the viewer in layered hues, weightless depth, and the feeling of being surrounded.
The surface is built with veils of blue — from ultramarine to smoky indigo — overlaying one another like waves. No single brushstroke dominates; instead, they gather to form something more elemental. Embedded textures break the fluidity, like sea foam or submerged memory.
This piece is not a seascape, but it evokes the sensation of standing at the shore, gazing into a blue that never ends. It is emotional, ambient, and aware of its own immensity.
Blue Ocean shares visual and spiritual resonance with Hiroshi Sugimoto, whose photographic seascapes capture horizon lines as thresholds between perception and infinity. Like Sugimoto, I’m interested in how repetition and stillness can speak to the sublime.
The “ocean” here is not literal. It’s symbolic — for emotion, for the subconscious, for surrender. The canvas asks you to float, to let go of orientation, and to feel your way through color.
As part of the Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection, Blue Ocean offers no clear story, but infinite entry points. It’s not a painting to interpret — it’s a painting to enter.
Where to see it. In person at RituStudio, Phoenix, by appointment. Represented by Jarrow & Goodman, Los Angeles.
The space it needs
- Wall
- At least 10 ft wide
- Ceiling
- 10 ft or more
- Light
- Natural light transforms this work — morning and evening light read differently
- Daylight
- The ultramarine field holds steady in Arizona daylight, and at seven by eight feet it can take a wall beside glass. Low side light lifts the worked surface; only harsh noon sun flattens it.
Lives best in
Living room 5/5
Movement of the Blue Ocean earns this room: at seven by eight feet its ultramarine and pale blue-gray field pulls the entire living space into a slow, breathing stillness that rewards the long hours people actually spend here.
Bedroom 5/5
The painting's invitation to float without orientation, carried through layers of spectral gray and muted bronze that cool and deepen as evening light shifts across the surface, makes this the rare large-scale work that earns its place above a bed rather than dominating it.
Details
- Size
- 7 × 8 ft (W × H)
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Finish
- Epoxy over acrylic. The resin lifts the color off the canvas and holds it forward, so the surface deepens as the light moves across the room.
- Year
- 2022
- Collection
- Ephemeral Atmosphere
- Palette
- Spectral Gray · Muted Red · Earth Tone · Pale Blue-Gray · Ultramarine · Bronze
- Weight
- About 65 lb
- Ready
- In the studio; delivery 6–10 weeks
Its ArtGram
ArtGram.Wing
- Texture4
- Form2
- Colour range3
- Palette2.6
- Contrast3.2
- Abstraction Quotient1.5
