The initial inspiration for my latest series of paintings and drawings was the visual experience of the seaside. The distant distortions that manifest in the oddest ways. The shoreline, the clouds, the ships and sailboats, a bunch of kites scratching away at the sky. And the experience is heightened because all of your senses are in overload. But inevitably the working surface dictates what will be. A bit of cut paper from the studio floor finds its way on. A drawn line will always tell its own tale, but all the while the ocean experience is there nudging the story.
A Shape so Real
We look but know
we see what is not.
The light refracts.
Our eyes perceive
a shape so real,
a distant shore,
perhaps a ship
of monstrous size,
or structures at
the edge of – what?
A mountain floats
among the clouds.
Never mind,
a kite will tie all.
© William Bushell 2016
Ship and Wave
Winter Sun
Silhouette View
Finlayson Wash
Across the Strait
Juan de Fuca No.4
image on image 
October 17, 2016 at 7:58 pm
Beautiful, beautiful….
The introduction, the poem, the photos – exquisite!
Thank you, Bill.
Marianne Goodrich
October 17, 2016 at 10:16 pm
Thanks Marianne. And if I haven’t said it I apologize; your site and your works are beautiful.
October 17, 2016 at 10:22 pm
Coming from you, Bill, that is a huge compliment. Thank you so much.
October 18, 2016 at 2:15 am
This is just what I needed to see today Will, very moving and thought provoking
October 18, 2016 at 4:06 pm
Thanks Hart, much appreciated.