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An abstract expressionist painting featuring textured brushstrokes of blue, white, black, red, and brown, with a prominent diagonal dark gray element cutting across the composition.
An abstract canvas painting with blue, white, black, and orange brushstrokes hanging on a beige wall in a modern living room setting with a wooden armchair, side table, and sofa.
An abstract framed painting with thick brushstrokes in blue, black, white, red, and brown tones, set in a light wood frame against a textured white wall.
An abstract canvas painting with blue, white, black, and orange brushstrokes, displayed on a beige wall above a gray armchair with a black-and-white checkered pillow and a draped gray throw blanket.
An abstract canvas painting with expressive brushstrokes in blue, white, black, brown, and touches of red and gold, displayed in a light wood frame against a neutral beige wall.
An abstract landscape painting in a light wood frame, featuring thick brushstrokes of blue, white, gray, brown, and black, displayed on a light stone wall.
An abstract canvas painting with thick brushstrokes of blue, black, red, white, and gray, housed in a light natural wood frame and mounted on a textured off-white wall.
The back side of a square canvas print, showing the beige paper ground, wrapped with clear tape along the edges, and handwritten text in black ink on the left side. The canvas is mounted on a wooden frame against a textured white wall.
An abstract expressionist painting featuring textured brushstrokes of blue, white, black, red, and brown, with a prominent diagonal dark gray element cutting across the composition.
An abstract canvas painting with blue, white, black, and orange brushstrokes hanging on a beige wall in a modern living room setting with a wooden armchair, side table, and sofa.
An abstract framed painting with thick brushstrokes in blue, black, white, red, and brown tones, set in a light wood frame against a textured white wall.
An abstract canvas painting with blue, white, black, and orange brushstrokes, displayed on a beige wall above a gray armchair with a black-and-white checkered pillow and a draped gray throw blanket.
An abstract canvas painting with expressive brushstrokes in blue, white, black, brown, and touches of red and gold, displayed in a light wood frame against a neutral beige wall.
An abstract landscape painting in a light wood frame, featuring thick brushstrokes of blue, white, gray, brown, and black, displayed on a light stone wall.
An abstract canvas painting with thick brushstrokes of blue, black, red, white, and gray, housed in a light natural wood frame and mounted on a textured off-white wall.
The back side of a square canvas print, showing the beige paper ground, wrapped with clear tape along the edges, and handwritten text in black ink on the left side. The canvas is mounted on a wooden frame against a textured white wall.
Michael Rich Studios

Breach - Oil Painting, 34 × 38 inches

$3,000.00
$3,000.00
U.S. shipping included. International shipping charged separately.

Oil on Canvas, 34 × 38 inches

Available framed in maple or unframed. Framed size: 35.5 × 39.5 × 2 inches.

This painting came out of early morning walks on the beaches of Nantucket — an island I've been returning to for decades, one that has shaped my work. Nantucket has a long history with whales, with the sea, with the particular kind of attention that comes from living close to the water.

One summer, a family of Right Whales moved in close to shore. I watched them breach — that sudden, explosive emergence from the water — and I couldn't stop thinking about it. Turner painted whaling ships and the sea with that same sense of nature as force, as spectacle, as something that exceeds us. I was thinking about his paintings when I made this one.

Breach is an exuberant painting. It tries to hold that moment — the whale clearing the surface, the spray, the sheer aliveness of it — in an abstract expressionist language that feels equal to the experience.

  • Medium: Oil on Canvas
  • Dimensions: 34 × 38 inches (unframed); 35.5 × 39.5 × 2 inches (framed)
  • Framing: Available in maple or unframed
  • Origin: United States
  • One-of-a-kind original
  • Hardware included, ready to hang

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