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Driftwood. Watercolor. Unsigned; undated, but probably 1980s. Approx. dimensions: 22 x 15 inches/56cm x 38cm. Ambrose loved driftwood as a subject; its colours, texture and contortions made for enjoyable study, and a huge chunk hung over the fireplace in his Columbus home.
Back-beach Dunes. Watercolor. Signed; undated, but judging from the colors this is an earlier work, so was painted when Ambrose was living in Hattiesburg (1950-70), probably during the 1960s. Approx. dimensions: 19.75 x 30.5 inches/50 x 77.5cm. A study of his work through the decades shows a change in the colors used; when Ambrose had cataracts removed as an older man, he remarked repeatedly at how different colors appeared. He always maintained that he had 'a warm eye and a cool eye'; after the first operation, he said that the warm/cool sides seemed reversed.
Dune and Driftwood. Watercolor. Unsigned; undated, but judging from the colors this is an earlier work, so was painted when Ambrose was living in Hattiesburg (1950-70). Approx. dimensions: 22 x 30 inches/56 x 76cm.
