Sentences with phrase «as thick swathes»

As thick swathes of marble and stone whip and wrap around them we feel a sense of being caught up in a maelstrom, of being in that perfect moment of stillness within movement that is the eye of a raging storm.

Not exact matches

But one afternoon, the whales all converged on one place where there was a really high density of prey — a 40 - meter - thick swath of water with 107 grams of krill per cubic meter, as opposed to the average density of 66 grams per cubic meter, Cade reported at the meeting.

Draped over the monitor is a woman swathed in a thick fur coat and a dress hitched several inches above her knees, smiling adoringly at the smoker as he nuzzles her foot with his shoe.

Richter applies thick swathes of oil paint directly onto the print, as if miraculously extracted from the squeegee paintings in the background.

Jackson's work plays heavily with color, layering thick swaths of neons and pastels that contrast each other, often as directed by the light in that particular room or where your eye might land.

The Brooklyn - based artist has for years been refining a distinct technique that produces mesmerizing works that dance between painting, sculpture, and textile — their surfaces ripple with busy and vividly colored painted patterns that seem to swath mysterious objects in various fabrics; thick gobs of paint cling to areas of the canvas as if squeezed out like thick frosting or Easy Cheese.