Mavericks Half Moon Bay
Terramar 2012
Terramar is a popular surf spot for Carlsbad locals. This painting depicts of one of those really good days that would never have an empty lineup. Terramar is the perfect wave tucked away below the high dramatic California bluffs. This painting captures an impressionistic view of the bluffs, wave, ocean, sand, horizon, and the overall feel of the wave that draws a loyal crowed to surf it at two foot waves to ten foot waves.
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Silver Lining
Silver Lining was a commission job that developed over time into an amazing California coastal panoramic view capturing the breaking wave, shoreline, horizon, and the misty morning sky. This bold high contrast painting has a unique view through the barrel which also has a glass curtain look thought the wave into the rich blue sky beyond to the softer sunrise. Basically, if you love this painting, you have great taste.
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Baja, Banditos
Banditos is a surf spot in Baja, Mexico. (Banditios means an outlaw or bandit). This location is very difficult to get to and the locals keep it very localized. Surfing this wave may be a gamble not worth risking, as it may be bad for your health. That being said....that does not mean you cannot appreciate this from the safety of your own home or office. This beautiful right hand point break has a perfect inside barreling section on the inside breaking over black volcanic lava rock.
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Pipeline - Backdoor
Pipeline and Back door are the two waves that are at the center of the surfing arena at the North Shore on Oahu, Hawaii. The peak that breaks to the right is back door and the to the left is the world famous Banzai Pipeline. This painting took several years to complete. After layers and layers of painting and re-painting it finally set. The transparencies look amazing on this original painting. The photo cannot do it justice, so right this wrong and see if for yourself...
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Indonesian Gold
Indonesian Gold speaks for itself. This oil painting has multiple layers of color and transparencies that give it a seemingly glass wave look. This wave painting has bold colors and high contrast complimented by a soft out of focus line of palm trees faded into coloration of gold and tan in the distant background. If you are at all indecisive of which wave to buy, put this at the top of your list, you will not be disappointed.
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Tahitian Green
Tahitian Green captures the texture, colorations, and transparencies of a breaking wave. The wave has foam and froth on the surface of the water that is in the shape of the wave giving it a realistic look. The angle of this wave has a diminishing point that make this shallow breaking wave feel like it is breaking right in front of you. The background is an ambient Tahitian backdrop with beautiful green mountains.
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California Dusk
California Dusk exudes a foggy, mystical feel. Many dawn patrol surfers are familiar with this low light scene, just before the marine layer burns off. California Dusk was created by using thick textured pallet knife that fades into the softer brush strokes of the desaturated background. This dynamic composition is one of my favorite paintings.
North Shore
North Shore is painted from a unique angle of the wave. This painting is looking back towards the shore as the perfectly breaking barrel passes by. This painting was painted as a large scale oil painting 3.5' x 5' The prints are scaled down smaller but still have the panoramic framing to make this painting steal the show in any room.
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In Memory A.I.
This painting is in memory of Andy Irons and the last Billabong Pro Tahiti contest he won. Teahupoo is one of the most fierce wave to ride, as it unforgivably breaks over sharp coral reef that is sometimes only a few feet deep. This painting captures the deep blue, seemingly translucent colors that the wave offers on a perfect Tahitian day.
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Pipeline Mist
Pipeline Mist is a large scale, panoramic view of a high contrast double breaking Banzai Pipeline wave. The contrast makes the colors in the wave stand out as the mist and horizon are softer and help to focus the rich greenish blue seemingly translucent water. This is designed to be the focal point of a room. This painting is easy to enjoy because of the scale and composition of this wave have a more modern look with the mixture of color and grey tones.
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Pure Pipeline
Pipeline is the most famous powerful wave, this view from the channel depicts the sheer power and beauty of the wave as it breaks over shallow reef. The rich and bold colors are a detailed closeup of the water splashes. The overall look of this painting is soft with an impressionistic partially cloudy sky as the background fades softly into the distance. The original was donated to help and support "Pipeline to a Cure," a charity started by Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama to raise money to find the cure for cystic fibrosis. Learn more at Pipeline to a Cure
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Black and White
Black and White is a more modern looking take on the perfect wave we all want to see on a canvas. It is a wave of perfection, yet subtle in appearance with the half white half black contrast with just the right amount of green tint in the middle as the wave runs to the right and left.
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Witch's Rock
Witch's Rock in Costa Rica is an iconic surf break made popular by Bruce Brown's Endless Summer surf films. This painting has a unique angle and coloration's of the amazing wave and the landmark rock in the ocean. This location is known for having 15 foot plus waves as well as salt water crocodiles which swim through the lineup as they make their way out to sea. Don't let this deter you from buying this safer alternative, an amazing panoramic style canvas painting of Witch's Rock as the centerpiece of your home or office.
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Carlsbad Campgrounds
Carlsbad Campgrounds is one of my favorite surf spots. This wave may look like a foamy, frothy mess to some, but to locals, they recognize its potential for great surf. The background of this painting is purposefully out of focus, depicting a soft view of the bluffs and the Carlsbad power plant. At first glance, the power plant may look like the factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but, to locals, it is a landmark just as iconic as the Carlsbad lagoons, flower fields, windmill, strawberry fields, beaches and yes…the waves.
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Ireland's Best
Ireland's Best is a solid heavy wave, painted to makes you feel like you are right in the water with it. The corner of the water is out of focus while the lighting bursts look like they are splashing out of the water in an array of colorations, while the deep shadows in the wave make the rich colored reflections stand out.
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Cold Canada
Cold Canada depicts a balanced perspective of the statuesque Canadian mountains and the iconic waves that can only be found where few surfers venture. Canada has thousands of miles of coastline, which equates to thousands of miles of cold, solitary waves. In Cold Canada, the wave is is painted in strong, saturated colors that diminish into the landscape, representing a surfer's oneness with the wave amid the vast landscape.
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Pavones Costa Rica
Pavones is a world class wave. Surfers will travel from all corners of the earth and risk dengue fever to have one perfect day here. It is situated in the "deep-south" of Costa Rica, on the southern side of the Gulfo Dulce, an eight hours drive from San Jose. This one of a kind painting has a glimpse of the long rides the wave offers in the idea conditions surfer dream of.
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Dark Horse
Dark Horse is a unique addition to my collection. It earned its name "Dark Horse" because it was a scrap canvas that I almost threw out several times, but instead, I kept adding medium to it here and there. Eventually, something amazing happened. All of the undercoats of color layered to create an almost glowing look to the painting when displayed under lights. The layers of transparencies produced an abstract and richly colored masterpiece. Definitely a crowd pleaser.
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Indian Summer
Indian Summer is a popular painting because of the rich red, yellow, and orange that are composed with a thick pallet knife technique. This is an abstract style that has a more modern look to it. The texture and color come together to give this painting a more three dimensional look. This painting offers a splash of color to any room while maintaining a clean streamlined look.
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Coral Reflection
Coral Reflection is a crisp, clean wave painting with translucent water revealing the shallow reef below the water. Many exotic waves break in shallow water. The shallow depth of water makes the wave break with more force causing it to barrel creating an amazing ride, and perfect subject to paint. This is a nicely balanced view of the coral reef, perfectly barreling wave, framed in by the rich blue, cloud scattered sky.
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Perfect Right
Perfect Right is a popular painting that offers a unique wave angle with it's crisp, clean, high contrast. The bold colors in the wave separate the grey and white reflections on the water creating foggy looking low light that makes the wave really standout. This modern looking wave quickly becomes the talking point of any room by placing it on walls that are darker in color.
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6 am North Shore
6 AM North Shore is a clean, heavy, high contrast depiction of the wave, Back Door, on North Shore, Hawaii. It captures the striking light flairs reflecting off the water. This angel of a wave gives a classic view of the power and beauty North Shore has to offer. This painting compliments any other paintings from the North Shore collection.
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Mavericks Sunny and Cold
This painting is a top seller. Mavericks breaks in our own Californian backyard near Half Moon Bay. At first Mavericks was never thought to be rideable, and now riding Mavericks is viewed as the greatest accomplishments in surfing. This wave has claimed many lives of those who have tried to master it. Those who surf here endure a 45 minute paddle through freezing shark infested waters in hopes of surfing and surviving 40' waves. This painting captures the bright, sunny lighting contrasted by the dark shadows in the murky shark infested cold waters. Mavericks is no doubt a phenomenon of a wave.
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Teahupoo '07
Teahupoo '07 is another favorite of my painting that demonstrates the power, beauty, and uniqueness of this Tahitian wonder. People travel from around the world to master this potentially fatal wave. This painting is a glimpse of a the angle that is commonly seen from the boats the watch from the safety of the channel. This painting stands alone, hang it in your home or office and see the transformation of the room.
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Perfect Solitude
Perfect Solitude is the hopes of every surfer when they arrive a their favorite surf break, that the waves are perfect, the water is clear, the sun is shinning, and there is no one in the water. Since we know this only happens on that rare occasion, you can still enjoy this reminder of that day with the perfect left hand break, green/blue water and the off-shore wind blowing causing the wave to feather off just perfect. This wave is the perfect day, enjoy!
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