"Winter Diptych with Best Regards to Iris Murdoch #1" (Framed Original Gouache Seascape)

Bryana Says“The sea, the sea, yes,' James went on. 'Did you know that Plato was descended from Poseidon on his father's side? Do you have porpoises, seals?'”                                   —Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The SeaThis piece is one part of a diptych set I painted while listening to an audiobook recording of The Sea, The Sea, and I can’t look at it now without thinking of Murdoch’s sinister, roiling ocean and how reality can be a gift only pain can make us ready to receive. About This ListingThis is an 8x10 studio gouache painting completed on professional-grade watercolor paper mounted to a cradled wooden panel. To protect the water-based gouache paint from moisture, the painting has been lovingly treated with a three-step varnishing process consisting of a spray varnish suitable for water-based media, an isolation coat, and two coats of UV-resistant gloss varnish. The birchwood panel has been sealed with buffed finishing wax to increase its longevity, and a signed label affix