Process: Baldwin Beach #4 of 6 Painting

#4 of 6 in a series showing the process in creating this painting. 11-30-2011. It sat while the paint and varnish dried. I tried to figure out where to go with it, while I worked on other things. Colors are better, but the proportions and perspective still isn't right. The next version I made the clouds and breaking wave bigger. I should've stayed with the 2 section horizon line. This piece doesn't work. Dang it. So I was looking at this painting again. It wasn't suppose to look realistic. I was exploring horizontal sections and proportions. Artists and photographers talk about the "rule of thirds" to make a well balance composition. How unoriginal, boring and shows no creative process. Rules are overrated and often stifling. Even though this image only shows a portion of the canvas, it shows 5 distinct horizontal areas. If you look closer at the full original there are 5 more. The final version of this was distilled and simplified to 2 main areas and 1 subtle zone. The more you look, the more you see.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 24 H x 1.5 D in

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