Known
locally for his popular and compelling Hopper-like nocturnes and street scenes, Warner leaves his comfort zone to
explore as a subject matter the profession that his son Matt has worked in for several years. A graduate of the Marine Technology
program at Santa Barbara City College, Matt Nienow provided industrial digital photographs from four different dive jobs as
source material for the collection. The resulting paintings are precisely observed and visually beautiful scenes that allow
viewers to vicariously experience a dive crew’s world.
One
image from each job is shown below. Click on the image to view more about the job.
