'rogue wave'

acrylic and varnish on reclaimed plywood

70 x 34 cm

I have four panels of plywood that I put aside some time ago , saving these from some old furniture that was falling apart, as they were the perfect longer format that I needed for this design. After a series of quick loose sketches, I have chosen a few that I felt were the best, and so I continue on with this series. 

Above is the painting in it's first stages, roughly drafted in with chalk.  I decided to omit the moon  behind the wave , and instead opted for the crest of the wave as it drops from overhead.

Now, what  I would really like to do, with just a little bit of luck for a change, would be to  paint this as a very large mural.....

"man suppresses in himself, unnecessarily, the highest spiritual capacity - that of sympathy and pity towards living creatures like himself - and by violating his own feelings, becomes cruel."

"A human can be healthy without killing animals for food. Therefore, if he eats meat he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite."
Leo Tolstoy

Remarkable words by a man way ahead of his time .... today was the day I had to draw him.
charcoal and white chalk on paper