Winter Pipe Blur

Winter Pipe Blur

Triptych – 3 Panels, 38 x 60 inches each
High-Definition Sublimated Aluminum | Floating Installation
Sold – $6,500
Commissioned by Trial Management Associates, NC

Captured from the sand of Oʻahu’s North Shore in the winter of 2011, Winter Pipe Blur is a rare departure from Sean D. Ruttkay’s in-water perspective. Temporarily grounded by injury, the artist turned to a super-telephoto lens and motion blur filtration to translate Pipeline’s intensity into something more abstract—less document, more atmosphere. The result is a sweeping vision of velocity and vapor: breaking waves rendered not as form, but as force.

This large-scale triptych is printed on floating high-definition aluminum, using heat-infused dye sublimation to achieve exceptional tonal depth and surface luminosity. With no need for resin, the piece retains a raw clarity—hovering off the wall with weightless precision.

Now installed in the headquarters of Trial Management Associates, Winter Pipe Blur stands as a study in constraint, presence, and the quiet distance between the eye and the break.

Commissions available upon request