There is something mystical about the seascape I started painting in 1970.
I cannot seem to quite finish it! The work feels 99.
99 percent complete but there it is, I cannot let it go.
It is very possible that having an unfinished project is a healthy thing.
You have to live long enough to get back to that THING.
It stares at you, demanding that final touch that would get you to say, 'it is done!' What I am stuck on is the rocks.
The seascape has focus upon a rock archway that has been carved by the ocean over millions of years.
Through this arch in the foreground, the viewer sees vast sea and sunny sky.
The painting has strong color tone and the rocks are quite detailed.
I like the colors although I keep adjusting hues ever so slightly.
Another interesting fact is that my wife and I have been married just a bit longer than this painting has existed.
Maybe I have been using this piece of art as an avatar for our marriage, a visible platform for mood swings and whatnot.
It has been a happy union and the painting is also happy and optimistic looking.
Now I am looking at the rocks and thinking about using a million different dots of color to enhance the realism.
Pixels from a paintbrush, not a computer screen.
This final flourish of paint may take another forty-four years! I would be a centenarian! I have to confess that my painting is a copy of a Walter Foster original, although it is a very good copy and extensively modified.
Walter Foster is my hero as far as seascape painting is concerned.
He was such a genius with the use of light.
Maybe the painting reminds me of my youth, filled with energy and idealism.
I do not miss the crazy emotions but I do long for that physical strength I took for granted.
This seascape helps me to escape to that place in my mind...
forever young.
Ocean and sky affect me just as much as the rocks.
I saw a vista while driving back from Campbell River that was astounding! Maybe I will photograph that scene and start to paint it.
The sea and sky and land...
perfect for a therapy artwork.
It gets you out of yourself and back to the beauty of this planet.
I got a sense of peace from writing this article about my painting.
I hope readers will enjoy my outpouring of gratitude for life.
I cannot seem to quite finish it! The work feels 99.
99 percent complete but there it is, I cannot let it go.
It is very possible that having an unfinished project is a healthy thing.
You have to live long enough to get back to that THING.
It stares at you, demanding that final touch that would get you to say, 'it is done!' What I am stuck on is the rocks.
The seascape has focus upon a rock archway that has been carved by the ocean over millions of years.
Through this arch in the foreground, the viewer sees vast sea and sunny sky.
The painting has strong color tone and the rocks are quite detailed.
I like the colors although I keep adjusting hues ever so slightly.
Another interesting fact is that my wife and I have been married just a bit longer than this painting has existed.
Maybe I have been using this piece of art as an avatar for our marriage, a visible platform for mood swings and whatnot.
It has been a happy union and the painting is also happy and optimistic looking.
Now I am looking at the rocks and thinking about using a million different dots of color to enhance the realism.
Pixels from a paintbrush, not a computer screen.
This final flourish of paint may take another forty-four years! I would be a centenarian! I have to confess that my painting is a copy of a Walter Foster original, although it is a very good copy and extensively modified.
Walter Foster is my hero as far as seascape painting is concerned.
He was such a genius with the use of light.
Maybe the painting reminds me of my youth, filled with energy and idealism.
I do not miss the crazy emotions but I do long for that physical strength I took for granted.
This seascape helps me to escape to that place in my mind...
forever young.
Ocean and sky affect me just as much as the rocks.
I saw a vista while driving back from Campbell River that was astounding! Maybe I will photograph that scene and start to paint it.
The sea and sky and land...
perfect for a therapy artwork.
It gets you out of yourself and back to the beauty of this planet.
I got a sense of peace from writing this article about my painting.
I hope readers will enjoy my outpouring of gratitude for life.
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