Bramble

Tidal Force is a collection that traces the quiet conversation between matter and memory: how does the natural world reflect the human condition, through cycles of erosion, renewal, and transformation? Each work sits at the threshold between creation and dissolution, where pigment behaves like weather, and texture becomes a language of endurance.

Created in acrylic, oil, and mixed mineral mediums on linen and canvas, the series explores the physical poetry of oxidation, salt, sediment, and light. The surfaces feel both ancient and immediate, as if they’ve been excavated rather than painted, revealing evidence of time in every layer. What begins as elemental process evolves into emotional landscape: water becomes consciousness, rust becomes ritual, and light emerges not as illumination but as residue.

The works in Tidal Force are not representations but reflections—portals into the tension between stillness and motion, decay and grace. They ask the viewer to slow down, to inhabit the same rhythm that shaped them, and to find beauty in what endures through change.

24 inches long
18 inches wide
1.5 inches deep
 

Acrylic and oil on canvas. Framed in mahogany with graphite wax hand polish. 

Ready to ship. Note that this can either be picked up from Flourish & Foundry or shipped to anywhere in the United States. See checkout for options and shipping costs. 

Original fine art by Studio Stranz, 2025