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"Water Falls"
I had wondered what water would look like falling up towards the sky, but the fact that gravity is a constant made it extremely difficult to orient my mind's eye to that event to portray it realistically. So instead I had it fall down to the sky.

Water falls tend to vary in the way the water cascades down depending on the height of the drop and the amount of water. Thirty years ago I thought my imagination could portray anything without using references and all I had to do was render it until it magically looked like it was supposed to. Then when one of my instructors was critiquing a piece, she remarked, "Why does this waterfall look like a giant tongue?"
Oil - 36" x 24"
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