Escape to the Big Blue Sea, 2020
Gill Bustamante
Oil paint on canvas
Original Painting, 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.81 cm
Gill Bustamante Art
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Gill Bustamante is definitely a dreamer as her ambition is to paint a way out of this universe into a better one! Most of her artworks feature pathways, portals and little mystery roots to other realities.
Her painting style is a fusion of expressionism, impressionism, semi-abstract and art nouveau. All depictions of fairytale landscapes, dreamy animals, mystery birds, horses and deer. Her techniques and ideas stand out to such an extent, they make a statement for themselves.
This artist is worth following if you just have the urge to escape out this world and dive into some wonderful places.Kelly Kaimaki, Creative Writer / Curator
About Gill Bustamante
My name is Gill Bustamante, and I have obtained a Fine Arts degree in Brighton in 1983. I paint large, contemporary landscape and seascape paintings in oil on canvas. They are mostly inspired by the Sussex landscapes I see around me where I live. This is where I go walking somewhere rural, look at and absorb the things I see and experience, and then come home and try to capture an 'echo' of the place from memory, including any wildlife I may have seen.
My painting style is a fusion of Expressionist, Impressionist, Semi-abstract, Art Nouveau, and something I term "Memory Impressionism."
I have painted since I was three. It always makes me happy along with cake, bunnies, driving erratically, BBC 6 music, and totally irreverent comedy.About the Product
Escape to the Big Blue Sea is a large, blue, under the sea oil painting with three fish swimming in formation. The fish are angelfish, and they travel across a wide blue expanse of the ocean beneath the turquoise rippling surface of the water which catches the light in small white sparkles.
Underneath them, you can see the light patterns on the rainbow coloured sand and in the distance a hint of coral reef. The idea behind this particular painting was prompted by the Coronavirus lockdown, which has left most of the world feeling a bit trapped.
The three fish are freshwater fish and so have no business being in an ocean. However, one of the things I most like about painting is that you can alter reality as much as you want to. I have set them free as I hope we will be soon.
Dedicated to everyone.
White edges, deep edge canvas, ready to hang and no frame needed.