Deeper blue and turquoise wave forms rise through the square frame in repeated bands, surrounded by white spray and softer veils of moving water. Compared with the pale, almost weightless first two photographs, Wonderful Chaos Three retains more of the physical force of the ocean. The waves feel heavier, more sculptural and more recognisable, even as their repeated and layered forms disrupt any literal reading of the scene.
It sits somewhere between memory and observation.
The sea is still visible, but time has been rearranged. Several fragments of movement coexist inside one image, creating an ocean that never existed in precisely this form.
The chaos is constructed. The feeling behind it was not.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Wonderful Chaos — Abstract Wave Fine Art Photography
Title:Wonderful Chaos Three
Artwork: #0003
Location: Tasman Sea near Shellharbour, South Coast of New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Layered abstract composition of breaking ocean waves and spray
Medium: Colour fine art photography
Process: Multiple long-exposure wave photographs reversed, flipped and layered into a composite image
Format: Square
Genre: Abstract photography / seascape
Themes: Water, memory, disrupted vision, recovery, turbulence, movement, time
Edition: Master Edition — limited to 2 prints
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Deeper blue and turquoise wave forms rise through the square frame in repeated bands, surrounded by white spray and softer veils of moving water. Compared with the pale, almost weightless first two photographs, Wonderful Chaos Three retains more of the physical force of the ocean. The waves feel heavier, more sculptural and more recognisable, even as their repeated and layered forms disrupt any literal reading of the scene.
It sits somewhere between memory and observation.
The sea is still visible, but time has been rearranged. Several fragments of movement coexist inside one image, creating an ocean that never existed in precisely this form.
The chaos is constructed. The feeling behind it was not.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Wonderful Chaos — Abstract Wave Fine Art Photography
Title:Wonderful Chaos Three
Artwork: #0003
Location: Tasman Sea near Shellharbour, South Coast of New South Wales, Australia
Subject: Layered abstract composition of breaking ocean waves and spray
Medium: Colour fine art photography
Process: Multiple long-exposure wave photographs reversed, flipped and layered into a composite image
Format: Square
Genre: Abstract photography / seascape
Themes: Water, memory, disrupted vision, recovery, turbulence, movement, time
Edition: Master Edition — limited to 2 prints
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
