This is a painting I just finished of waves off the rocks at Annisquam Light, after the first little storm last week. As an old surfer, painter, photographer and lifelong lover of the sea, I have long sought to catch/capture that perfect wave. This one is close, but my quest still continues.
Painting by E.J. Lefavour
E.J. Lefavour – Khan Studio
http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/gallery_capeannpaintings.htm
About E.J.
Artist, researcher, spiritual traveler of this fascinating orb we inhabit, lover of life and all it has to offer.
Hi everyone out there in GMG land. My name is Ellen “E.J.” Lefavour (a/k/a “Ejay Khan” – the pseudonym I used during my years as a political activist artist). I am a newcomer to Cape Ann, and thrilled to be a new contributor to Good Morning Gloucester. I am a painter and photographer who has lived and worked as an artist for 20 years, since leaving the corporate world in 1990 to pursue my passion. My contributions to GMG will consist of images (either my paintings, photographs, or the occasional video) and a little history about the image, called “Did you Know?” I hope to come up with tidbits of information that people don’t already know, or had forgotten they knew. As I am new here, everything is new and fascinating to me, especially the amazing history, so bear with me if I post something that is common knowledge – I’ll eventually come up with something that’s new to you. Please take a minute to comment on my posts, like them or not, especially if you have corrections or something to add, as that is how I, and all of us, learn. Have a Good Morning Gloucester, and a blessed day.
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beautiful!
Great wave!! Is this a watercolor painting? I’m also an artist, watercolorist.
Hi Kathy,
Thanks, waves are challenging. No, I don’t paint with watercolors. I have in the past, but found them too pale and unpredictable for my taste and temperment. That painting was a mixed media, acrylic on watercolor paper with some caran d’ache (watercolor crayons) and oil pastels to create the swirling movement effect in the wave and on the ocean, and some in the clouds. I’ve recently switched from canvas to watercolor paper, and I love the effect – its soft and you can scruffle and build up layers without it getting overworked looking. Happy to connect with another Gloucester artist. Hope to meet you one day. Happy New Year. Best, E.J.