Sunlight on Water

This abstract acrylic painting on stretched canvas captures the dynamic play of sunshine on the surface of water. With detailing and shimmering highlights, the composition evokes the ever-changing movement of light as it dances across the water’s surface, creating a sense of energy, and natural beauty. The initial stages of this artwork were created using the plastic wrap technique whereby crinkled plastic film is impressed into watery acrylic paint. This was repeated several times with different blue/green hues to produce a complex background. The various shapes formed were then emphasised using acrylic markers and the reflected white pattern of the sunlight painted. A video is available demonstrating the various stages is available here. This approach to creating art inspires a subject en route and in this case I wanted to celebrate the organic shapes of sunlight playing on the surface of water.