Panoramic Ocean Paintings - A Journey Begins...

Ocean Song, 18x36 inches, acrylic on canvas

This panoramic ocean painting was the first in my recent series of skyscapes.  It marked a change in my life that was long overdue.  I have always been one to seek out situations in my life that were suitable to me.  I never allowed a false sense of security or financial concerns to dictate my actions.

However, that being said, in the past few years I had allowed myself to stay in an unhappy work situation because I felt trapped by a mortgage and life in a small town.  At the end of the summer my unhappy work situation changed from just unhappy, to a situation where I found it impossible to continue.  So I left.

And a window flung open.  Within a day of making my decision to leave, I found another job, one more suitable to me, that would allow me to destress.  The weight on my chest that had been pressing down on me was suddenly released, and the skyscapes began...

In the weeks that followed I painted one huge sky after another, whether over land or water.  I expressed my new found freedom in paint.

I think the extreme blues in this piece are particularily important to the piece as blue is a very healing colour and what better way to allow oneself to mend than by the sea?

close-up detail

      
Next came, 'Out on the Ocean', a little more turbulent.  It seemed to reflect my inner process whereby I was decompressing from the oppresive situation I had been in.

Out on the Ocean, 12x36 acrylic on canvas

At one point I was standing in the kitchen talking to my husband when I just had to remark on a strange feeling I'd been having.  It was happiness!  It bubbled up inside me like I had never experienced it before.  All these remarkable changes were taking place inside me, and until they did, I never knew just how oppresive that job experience had been, or what it had been doing to my quality of life.

I am so grateful that I had the nerve to change my life.  I work less hours and for less pay, but the joy and peace of mind I get in return has no monetary value.  I have more time to paint, and though the job is more physically demanding, I am somehow less exhausted.

I hope you enjoy seeing the work and don't mind coming on this journey with me as I continue to explore the inspiration for my skyscapes.  Be well...

Both of these paintings have now sold.  To see available paintings, 

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