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Ephemeral Atmosphere · 2023
Waves
Available · in the studio, Phoenix
The wave as the painting's whole logic — atmospheric surface holding the motion the ocean practices endlessly without ever repeating.
Waves (2023) is a rhythm made visible — a painting that doesn’t depict water, but channels its motion, memory, and emotional undercurrents. Created in acrylic on wood, this 72 x 72 inch work from the Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection is both a pulse and a poem.
Brushstrokes rise and fall across the surface in loose, undulating arcs — some soft and foamy, others jagged and urgent. The palette glows with sea-toned blues, hints of aqua, and flashes of sun-warmed coral. Between the gestures, negative space sways gently, creating an effect of movement even in stillness.
I painted Waves while reflecting on how we move through change — how emotions roll through us like tides. It’s not about water. It’s about repetition and surrender. Each mark is a moment. Each line, a breath.
The piece resonates with the meditative fluidity of Yayoi Kusama, particularly her infinite nets and organic repetitions. Like Kusama, I see pattern not as design but as devotion — a way to process the endless push and pull of being alive.
Waves doesn’t crash. It flows. It carries. It reminds us that we are always riding something — an emotion, a thought, a phase. Sometimes gently. Sometimes not.
As part of the Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection, this painting celebrates rhythm not as structure, but as experience. A wave doesn’t explain. It moves. And Waves lets you move with it.
Where to see it. In person at RituStudio, Phoenix, by appointment. Represented by Jarrow & Goodman, Los Angeles.
The space it needs
- Wall
- At least 8 ft wide
- Ceiling
- 9 ft or more
- Light
- Natural light transforms this work — morning and evening light read differently
- Daylight
- Indigo and sea blue hold steady; the warm gold and citron catch fire under late western sun. Contrast is strong enough for a spot near glass, but a west wall will push the crests brighter than they were painted.
Lives best in
Living room 5/5
Waves earns a 5 here because its six-foot sweep of indigo and warm gold becomes the room's emotional anchor, and natural morning light pulls the bone white passages forward while evening deepens the near-black into something almost architectural.
Bedroom 4/5
The score of 4 holds because the low mood rating and near-black ground create genuine stillness, but the 45-pound canvas on a wall requiring 8-plus feet means most residential bedrooms cannot physically accommodate the work without it dominating rather than settling the space.
Details
- Size
- 6 × 6 ft (W × H)
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Year
- 2023
- Collection
- Ephemeral Atmosphere
- Palette
- Indigo · Faded Ink · Near-Black · Sea Blue · Warm Gold · Bone White · Pale Gold · Citron · Gold
- Weight
- About 45 lb
- Ready
- In the studio; delivery 6–10 weeks
Its ArtGram
ArtGram.Trillium
- Texture2
- Form3
- Colour range2
- Palette3.3
- Contrast4.7
- Abstraction Quotient3
