"Sea eScape I & II" - diptich
oil on canvas 8' wide x 3' high
BY NANCY TILLES
In the summer of 2005 I began The Sea
eScape Series as completely separate paintings. The paintings
were inspired first by a snorkeling trip to Key Largo with my
family,
We took several underwater photographs.
One of the pictures my husband took inspired me to paint Sea eScape
II. I was intrigued by the way the fish were swimming away from
the viewer. The Blue Tang fish were so blue and the bubbles created
an interesting pattern. I saw how one fish stood out from the
rest, the Sergeant Major, who simply was not in school with the
Blue Tang. I called that one "Sea eScape II - Wayward Fish".
"Sea eScape I - Color Queens"
was inspired by a photograph that I took of the underwater landscape
and the interesting patterns created by the light reflecting off
the coral. When I placed the paintings side by side, I realized
that they could connect so I transformed them into a diptich.
I really enjoyed working with the color and trying to remember
the beautiful colors that I had seen which did not translate well
in the photographs that we had taken.
