 This large, rather dark painting refers to the notorious oil spill that took place in the Santa Barbara channel in January 1969. The abstract geometrical forms are related to the oil rigs that line the channel. |
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This large, rather dark painting refers to the notorious oil spill that took place in the Santa Barbara channel in January 1969. The abstract geometrical forms are related to the oil rigs that line the channel. |
Anacapa is the smallest of the Santa Barbara Channel islands in southern California, but the closest to the mainland . The Chumash Indian name of the island signifies mirage, a reference to the varying appearance - and disappearance - of the island depending on the offshore atmospheric conditions.
In this series of paintings, created in 1982 and 1983, I attempted to relate the constant but mercurial presence of Anacapa, actually a string of rocky islands, to the changing moods and aspects of the Channel in a variety of formats, sometimes with whimsical titles!
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