This painting brings back so many memories for me. I am not a surfer, although I gave it a go back in 2009. I couldn’t even sit on the board in the water without sliding down the end and into the gorgeous ocean!
Artist: Selina Shapland
I was dating a guy who really loved the ocean and was into surfing. He loved art and so I created this painting for him as a birthday gift. I’m happy he still has this painting (as far as I know?!).
This painting represents love, freedom and the thrill of doing what makes you revel in this beautiful world of ours.
It also once represented love lost in my internal world, until I came to realise that love is a gift in my life regardless of the length of time that it is there for. We chose to walk different life paths but I am grateful for the way we laughed together and that we are still pretty good friends.
Until I began to write about what this painting means to me, I did not realise the depth of meaning it still has for me. Such a strange realisation. I put a lot of love into this painting because I loved him and because I wanted to share a special part of myself with him through an image that meant something special to him.
I guess I am a romantic at heart…
Symbolically this Surfer represents love, freedom and the greatest joy a person can feel in life!
The Creative Life 