Tuesday 18 November 2014

"The fight of the sea'' - 08.10.2014

As some of you may know I did art GCSE and my theme was Ordinary and Extraordinary.
As part of the project we went to Brighton to collect sources.
Today I found my USB with all of my art things on it and I found a short poem I wrote on the 23.05.2012. As a part of my preparation I responded to the poem in Kandinsky's style :D 


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The Fight of the sea.


It's cold.
the intermittent white noise, soothed my senses, no way I was gonna leave this place.
The crashing sound, their anger expressed with the intense movement of water.. swooshing.. thundering.. roaring, like a wild beast in the deep blue water approaching its pray..
moving backwards returning to its cave.. it was cold.

then the fight was over.. the sea calmed down.. now it was whispering the words of its soul.. All I could hear was the gentle touch; the caress of the ocean just touching the rocks below. With each incoming wave, a gentle kiss with the limestone and then the wave quickly rushed back out to the sea. 
like a lover, the waves kissed the shore... a perfect place for me to be..

it's cold.. the wind is around me.. singing its sad song.. it seemed to be blue..  occasional tears touched my face, as the grey, fluffy clouds cried.. it's cold.. the wind is in my face..

a sea gull made a horrible sound.. it was trying to fly in the direction opposite to the wind.. everything was moving.  The waves were dancing, faster and faster until their gentle whisper changed into the sound of a war, the sound of crashing, roaring... it was deafening.. it wasn't lapping gently on the shore.. it was a fight again... and it was cold.

The air was salty.. there was also a scent of fish, chips and candy.. however salt was the main ingredient of the dish served by the sea. my lips were salty and my mouth was salty.. it was something that was impossible to defeat.. I was trying to drown out the taste of salt by sugar, but it wasn't giving up.. it was invading my mouth with its taste.. there was no way out.. and it was cold.

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and here's the response:

 I just thought I'd share it with you :) it's not my best painting but it was an interesting exercise.


And here's one of my more recent paintings.



As always artists' oil paints from Winsor and Newton on a 18"x14" canvas :)



Lots of Love,
Marlena