“Figurative art is about detail. But the details can be expressed impressionistically.”

“With a salute to Claude Monet and his impressionistic thirty paintings of the Cathedral of Rouen. I attempted four artworks of the San Diego shore. The tides change, the colors of the day change, and the coastal breeze can be seen by the changes in the water. The only thing the four artworks have in common is the rocky ledge extending into the sea and a single rock which becomes submerged as the tide rises.”

Low tide is dead calm. The sun is coming up from the east and all the shadows along the rocky area are on the west side of the rocks. Colors are soft, almost pastel. Leonardo, at the foundry did a masterful job coloring the bronzes. Only the blues and the moon reflected in a tide pool are pigment. All the other colors on all four bronzes are chemical. 6 AM is the only bronze with anything human. There is a small yellow surfboard floating in the white water, in order to give the entire artwork a size perspective. After the mold was made of low tide, an additional inch of clay was added to create the second bronze. This process was done each time and each time the tide, time, and wind changed everything.

The higher of the two low tides occurs at 6PM. The setting sun has given the entire area a red- orange cast. The shadows are on the east and a strong breeze off the Pacific is blowing over the waves and chopping the murky green water.

The lower of the high tides occurs at midnight. Leonardo used a silver nitrate patina to give the rocks the silvery color from the moon overhead. The moon is reflected in a tide pool, and the rock in the ocean is nearly covered.

The highest tide is at noon. The overhead sun makes all the colors brighter and the waves wet most of the shoreline.

Each bronze is 2’x3’ and weighs about 105 pounds. cost 15K each. Limited edition 10