McCaw’s Tidal series (2013-present) finds the artist training his lens away from the horizon and towards the shore. In these works, the sun is less visible, yet no less present or powerful, its reflection on the water’s surface creating the solarized image. In some works, rocks appear as dark orbs against the holographic whiteness of the surrounding water; in others, branches and rocks are partially or fully revealed beneath a linework of solarized ripples, marking the ebb and flow of the tide during exposure time.
