From the Artist: I was interested in exploring the feeling of my relationship to the sea... This piece was accomplished in thick acrylics using three different shaped knives. I was thinking how light and water toss colors around, and that the ocean where I am is more green than blue... however, blue is such a strong, dramatic and emotional color for me. (There is more top and sides to the painting than my scanner could include, which changes the ratio a bit. However, the sea remains the greater portion.)
From the Painting Guide: The color of the sea can be astoundingly green at times in some locations, then deep blues at others. I can spend hours watching the change in color with the change in light and weather. I think you've a lovely sense of motion of waves here, as well as the power. And a glorious sense of foam shooting up!
I like the soft curve in the background, which echoes the waves. But I've been unable to decide whether I like the large "empty" background (though I appreciate there's subtle color changes here which will be more evident in real life than in a photo). Yet when I hold up my hand to crop off some of it, it doesn't feel like an improvement. I wonder if doesn't quite feel right to me because the composition feels like it's divided almost in two (half light blue and half dark blue) and I know I tend to prefer compositions that are dominated by one aspect.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting:
Viewpoint: Initially after reading the title of the painting I wondered about it truly being a crab's eye view, because I was envisaging a small crab sitting in the sand and then the viewpoint would be lower, more at the base of the water. But then I thought about where you see crabs at the shore, and if one were in a rock pool then it would have a higher viewpoint. As it would if it were one of those huge ones, or one with eyes on long stalks... and before long I had this whole story happening in my head which made me smile at the power of a painting's title.
From the Painting Guide: The color of the sea can be astoundingly green at times in some locations, then deep blues at others. I can spend hours watching the change in color with the change in light and weather. I think you've a lovely sense of motion of waves here, as well as the power. And a glorious sense of foam shooting up!
I like the soft curve in the background, which echoes the waves. But I've been unable to decide whether I like the large "empty" background (though I appreciate there's subtle color changes here which will be more evident in real life than in a photo). Yet when I hold up my hand to crop off some of it, it doesn't feel like an improvement. I wonder if doesn't quite feel right to me because the composition feels like it's divided almost in two (half light blue and half dark blue) and I know I tend to prefer compositions that are dominated by one aspect.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting:
Viewpoint: Initially after reading the title of the painting I wondered about it truly being a crab's eye view, because I was envisaging a small crab sitting in the sand and then the viewpoint would be lower, more at the base of the water. But then I thought about where you see crabs at the shore, and if one were in a rock pool then it would have a higher viewpoint. As it would if it were one of those huge ones, or one with eyes on long stalks... and before long I had this whole story happening in my head which made me smile at the power of a painting's title.
