Wood, Waves, Sea Foam

A “painting” in textile, wood, and synthetic fibers

The wood base may be driftwood, a branch, a bamboo root.

The blue layer is a mix of textures, intensifying from coarse to fine, dark to light. The white layer transitions from foam to cloud, a tumble of wool, silk, other fibers.

Most of the dozen or so works I saw at the Expressions by Munir booth had this 3-tier structure, defining a particular point of focus — the crashing, soaking, roiling intersection of earth, sea, and sky. The closer you look, the more complicated it becomes. See close-ups below.

See Munir’s work on Instagram: @expressionsbymunirunir

Or in person at the Santa Barbara Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival, September 13-14.