The beach landscape "THESE DAYS," painted on a large canvas using mixed media techniques, depicts a fleeting summer moment—an image from the past, a childhood memory.
Two children, depicted in monochrome colors, run barefoot through sun-drenched dunes toward the distant blue sea. The contrast between their gray tones and the warm, golden dunes evokes a nostalgic, almost melancholic feeling, like an old photograph from a drawer of last summer.
This unique artwork combines traditional painting techniques with textural work, characteristic of db Waterman's mixed media approach. Scratches, splashes, and layered surfaces give the landscape a tangible sense of weathering—a reflection of how time distorts even our happiest memories.
The wide horizontal image creates a sense of space for the viewer, the same space and freedom the two boys feel during long, warm summer vacation days.
I remembered that as a young girl I so much liked to cut images from magazines to paste them into school agendas, scrapbooks and even on my bedroom door. Add to this the fascination I always had for walls filled with old posters, flaking paint, scrappy billboards.. Read more…