Night Swimming

Night Swimming
By: Ian V. Martinez 
31 December 2009


Oil on canvas 
38 x 31 inches 


After a few months hiatus (has it been that long), I've finally decided to finish this piece by painting in the ripples.  That's all that I've planned to put in since I've stopped painting due to work.  It's been hectic and at times harrowing at work as of late.  

I think I've written about it somewhere in this blog, but initially, I was thinking of painting an abstract when I started this. In retrospect, that seems unusual. I've never done abstract before... abstract in the loosest sense because... come on, every piece of art is an abstraction of the real world! What I meant was Pollock-abstract. Geez, I know you got it. I just have nothing to write so I'm filling this page with giber...ish.