Original artwork description:

Because water often doesn't do what you want it to there comes a time when a reflected image transforms from something realistic into a slapdash abstract. This image is on the borders of that transformation. If the water was agitated any more the houses would become an unrecognisable blur, not worth painting. So you have to be in the right place at the right time. And be patient. From 8 in the morning Amsterdam's canals are like boat motorways - boaterways. The water is as disturbed as if a blue whale was doing back flips. However get to Amsterdam before 8am, in the summer (when the sun is high enough to shed sufficent light over the canal houses) and you might be lucky. This water was not about to break up into a gazillion fragments, but was calming down after the passing of a sightseeing boat. It takes about ten minutes for such a process to work through. And you just have to hope another boat doesn't turn up early to mess up the water all over again.

Materials used:

Acrylics

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