Friday, June 19, 2009

Charles H Gifford American 1839-1904


Coastal View at Sunset, 8.5 x 6 inches



detail

As discussed in earlier posts, the small ship in the distance, though seemingly insignificant, is critical to the composition.


2 comments:

said...

god, i just love your blog. i so deeply like the sea and would never know where to search for marine art if it weren´t for you.
thanks very much for the inspiration

jeronimus said...

Thanks for the encouragement. It means a lot. Hope I can keep finding beautiful examples of this genre to post. Let me know if you find any.
Best wishes.