Water Colors

Ocean water, like all water, has no intrinsic color. Though we know better, we usually think of water as blue because so much of the world's water is outside under a usually blue sky. Swimming pools are usually painted blue on the bottom to enhance this perception.

But I am able to make crosses out of water photos because water reflects its surroundings. Depending on the color of the sky and the angle of the light, water can be red or dark purple or gray or black or blue or green and all shades in between. Moving, spraying, crashing waves create bubbles and foam which show up as white.

This cross, based on an Oregon coast wave, is dependent on the presence of three distinct colors: green, blue, and white.

See Sabbatical Crosses (and others). Order prints, etc.