New York-based artist Ran Ortner is a winner of ArtPrize 2009 where he won $250,000 for his 19-foot-long oil painting of sea named "Open Water No 24". Where other artist muse are either a Woman, Flower or other tempting objects, Ran Ortner's muse is the sea, which also happens to be the source of inspiration for him. Fascinated with sea and the wav
