In making this painting I was drawn to have the sea as a backdrop to chronicle life and experience, I used the Bay of Biscay and its connection to the Celtic Sea to reflect on where I was born and where I am now.

The actual sea has been the setting of many crossings, as I had traveledby ferry many times. I relate to the connection to the environment you experience, like on a road trip, as opposed to the misrepresentation of time/space that air traveling offers.

For this, I like how surfers ride the waves, they could be obstacles they encounter, but they use this wave-obstacle to ride away and make it partof the experience, much like life.

The way I painted the surfers is reminiscent of cave paintings and rupestrian art, and ties with ways of showing and narrating life in painting.