# The First Swell

A pale sky transitions into deep cobalt blue across the lower two-thirds of the canvas - the horizon line between them soft and atmospheric, like the moment just before a wave gathers itself. Lightly drawn circles overlap across the surface, their white lines barely visible against the blue, suggesting the interconnected rings of water in motion. Koury's Connections and Cycles series tracks the rhythms of the natural world, and the swell is one of its most fundamental: energy moving through water, gathering before it breaks. She holds an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Texas at Austin.

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## Details

- **Price:** 6800.0 USD
- **Vendor:** Art Scout
- **Type:** Original Painting
- **Tags:** abstract art, acrylic painting, buy original art online, California artist, collector art, ocean art, original painting, Rebecca Koury, tapestry series, wall art

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## Images

- The First Swell – painting by Koury with pale sky transitioning to deep cobalt blue horizon with white-drawn overlapping circles suggesting water rings and energy gathering before breaking
- The First Swell by Koury – detail of barely visible white circle lines against deep cobalt blue ocean field
- The First Swell by Koury – full canvas of atmospheric horizon between pale sky and deep cobalt from the Connections and Cycles series
- The First Swell by Koury – close-up of soft atmospheric horizon line where sky meets ocean in pale and cobalt blue

## Additional Information

- **Dimensions:** 36"×48"
- **Artist Material:** Acrylic
- **Artist Name:** Rebecca Koury
- **About The Artist Link:** https://www.artscout.pro/collections/Rebecca-Koury

### About The Artist Content

Rebecca Koury is a contemporary painter and collage artist whose work explores the relationship between material, movement, and quiet transformation. Rooted in a lifelong curiosity about the natural world and the unseen forces that shape it, her abstractions emerge through a meditative process of layering and building up thin glazes of paint that evoke both depth and transparency.

“The beauty and mystery of Nature inspire my artistic process,” Koury says. “I want to interpret my experience of Nature and express the feeling of this experience through paint and other visual media.”

Raised in an artistic family, Koury was captivated early on by the emotion and depth of Old Masters like Titian. She earned her MFA in Fine Art and Art History from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied under sculptors William Crist, David Deming, and Thana Lauhakaikul. Her background in sculpture continues to inform her paintings, revealing a dialogue between structure and organic form.

After several years in San Francisco working for Ralph Lauren, Koury relocated to the Monterey Peninsula to dedicate herself fully to painting. Her work has since been featured in more than thirty exhibitions, including the Monterey Museum of Art, the New Museum of Los Gatos, and Gallery MAR Carmel.

Guided by intuition and discovery, Koury creates richly textured, luminous surfaces that invite both reflection and sensory experience. Her works are held in private and corporate collections throughout the United States, as well as in Japan, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates.

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