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Ray Patrick
Swim With Dolphins, 2026
Oil on canvas
72 × 46 in. (182.9 × 116.8 cm)
Unframed
From the artist's studio, 2026
$3,200 shipping charged separately
Ray Patrick
Oil on canvas
72 × 46 in. (182.9 × 116.8 cm)
Unframed
From the artist's studio, 2026
$3,200 shipping charged separately
A swimmer underwater in fins and mask, seen from the side, with two dolphins above and behind her in the open blue.
Wide and horizontal, with the swimmer entering from the lower left on a rising diagonal and the dolphins crossing above her on the same angle. There is no surface, no bottom and no horizon — only water.
A single blue field, lighter at the centre where the light comes down and deepening at every edge. The figures are warm grey-brown, barely separated in value from the water, with one small white highlight on the swimsuit.
Everything is held at near-equal value, which is what makes the figures read as submerged rather than placed. The whole surface carries fine directional striations drawn through the drying paint, and the forms are blended with soft edges and no outline.
Oil. The surface is scored throughout with fine parallel marks pulled across the live paint. Thin and smooth, with no impasto.
No signature visible within the painted area.
When I lived in Hawaii, several of my friends loved to free dive. Several of them told me about the animals they would see and often invited me along. On one special trip we were visited by a pod of dolphins. These dreamy images were imprinted upon my mind. I often think about those dives when I'm drifting to sleep.