Breakers and Rocks

 

Breakers and Rocks

Charcoal 12" x 16"

This seascape is an example of how drawings and paintings have a mind of their own once I get started.  I've had the privilege of spending most of my 58 years along the Maine coast.  And while I didn't realize it at the time - I was studying all the while.  The colors, the wave forms, the tides, the sounds, smells, and the play of the light on the water.

While this scene is not taken from any one location, it could actually be one of many places I've been.  This started as a very straight forward seascape - literally.  The waves approaching straight on with only water and clouds in the distance.  I found swinging the perspective so the waves were viewed as coming in from the left hand side of the picture to be more interesting.  And then, the same with changing the horizon only to be broken up by one of Maine's many wooded stretches of shoreline.

I plan to do a few subjects from this study in watercolor and oil including different times of day and night as well as weather conditions.