When you go out actively looking for subjects for new paintings you will often find things that are unexpected and compelling. I went out to photograph the headland meeting the ocean with some interesting rocks in the sea. When I got there I realized the scene was not that interesting however what transformed it was the four swimmers. There is a stillness to it, and the simplified figures remind me of Milton Avery. You instinctively know what ingredients make a good painting. This has it.
Four swimmers, Mexico. Day 1