"Let There be Light"
A timeless moment brought to life from a late friend's old, wrinkled and torn photo of Lewes Beach
by Ellen Rice
Let There be Light
10" x 20" x 5/8" oil painting on canvas. Original oil is sold
Prints coming soon.
10" x 20" x 5/8" oil painting on canvas. Original oil is sold
Prints coming soon.
"Let There be Light" was inspired by an old newspaper clipping I put aside and held onto for many years, always intending to capture the beauty and the feelings it evoked. It is painted it in honor of the friend who took the clipped photo, the late journalist and animal rights and environmental supporter, Molly Murray.
I met Molly many years ago during my first assignment as a journalist. She was working for Delaware's largest daily newspaper, a graduate journalist; I was the rookiest of rookies, stringing for the area's most award-winning weekly paper.
Over the next ten years or so, we frequently covered the same issues, she usually phoning her stories within minutes of an event and I later writing longer "think pieces" from home or my desk at the paper. I had immense admiration for Molly not only for her decisive, quick ability, but her heart and dedication to the truth.
In a way, it's ironic that the timeless moment she captured in Lewes in a moment was later interpreted by me over a much longer period of time in oil paints using the glazing method. The beauty shines through in both, the truth of a moment, now brought to life in oils to be admired for many more years.
I hope "Let There be Light" brings you into this timeless, living moment, standing on the deserted beach, toes in cool, damp sand, taking in the peaceful beauty, the scents and sounds of the waterfront, sea birds and gentle lapping of the tide on the shore.
I hope you enjoy this moment and it brings you peace. I salute you Molly Murray.
I met Molly many years ago during my first assignment as a journalist. She was working for Delaware's largest daily newspaper, a graduate journalist; I was the rookiest of rookies, stringing for the area's most award-winning weekly paper.
Over the next ten years or so, we frequently covered the same issues, she usually phoning her stories within minutes of an event and I later writing longer "think pieces" from home or my desk at the paper. I had immense admiration for Molly not only for her decisive, quick ability, but her heart and dedication to the truth.
In a way, it's ironic that the timeless moment she captured in Lewes in a moment was later interpreted by me over a much longer period of time in oil paints using the glazing method. The beauty shines through in both, the truth of a moment, now brought to life in oils to be admired for many more years.
I hope "Let There be Light" brings you into this timeless, living moment, standing on the deserted beach, toes in cool, damp sand, taking in the peaceful beauty, the scents and sounds of the waterfront, sea birds and gentle lapping of the tide on the shore.
I hope you enjoy this moment and it brings you peace. I salute you Molly Murray.
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