thanks Mike,
Chris what a nice compliment.
Here is a view out of the box for me...a lighthouse Yaquina, the first one built in the 1800's along the Oregon coast, This is a "postcard" typical view around here but not such a good choice for a painting, this is the best I can do with this impossible composition. I have resolved it as best I can, learned a great deal. learning to mass complicaed areas more...increase arial perspedtive beyond what I see, to stick to my concept even if its out of the box, learned to get some some movement of the eye so the lighthouse does not take over the painting. I paid a lot of attention to the warm cool relationships, of the clouds, the lighthouse, the rocks....and finally I got the bird just exactly as I saw it, a brilliant spot, in a mass of dark rock shining like a light just below the lighthouse......I'm so glad to be done with this one... Its a surprise gift for my bro and his wife.
6x8 oil on linen