Bill Dewey, Wave 7953 photograph, 14x21 in. — Bill Dewey, *Wave 7953* photograph, 14x21 in.

Online Exhibition:
WAVES

With our new search page, you can now browse and search art on our website by artist, place and subject. For this online exhibit, I searched for one of my favorite subjects, waves. Calming and sublime, explore the variety of ways our artists approach a landscape in motion.

—Cynthia

Bill Dewey, Wave 8913, photograph, 14x21 in. — Bill Dewey, *Wave 8913*, photograph, 14x21 in.

In Bill Dewey’s aerial photographs, the earth is made small. His "Wave Series" flips this — small waves on the Santa Barbara coast become monumental. Up close, textures of each wave and its crest, foam, and splash are colossal: a staggering force racing toward us.

Inspired by Bill Dewey’s waves, Susan Petty takes us inside them, confining us within walls of water, suspending animation using oil and graphite.

Susan Petty, Seeking Light, oil, 30x32 in.

Susan Petty, Meditation III, graphite, 17x27 in. — Susan Petty, *Meditation III*, graphite, 17x27 in.

With “Swash," Patricia Doyle paints water’s energy, emphasizing the surge through blurred brush strokes and an onomatopoeia title.

Patricia Doyle, Swash, acrylic, 16x20 in. — Patricia Doyle, *Swash,* acrylic, 16x20 in.

Marcia Burtt, Incoming, acrylic, 24x18 in. — Marcia Burtt, *Incoming,* acrylic, 24x18 in.

Stepping back onto the shore, Marcia Burtt and Jeff Yeomans paint layers of fog or haze, wave, and sand. Placid strips of color lie above the action painting of breaking wave and translucent washes over earth-colored beach. These paintings place you in the larger landscape, inviting you to wade in.