This was taken on a recent trip to Vancouver Island in September. I was inspired by the wonderful paintings of
Roy Henry Vickers whose gallery I had visited just a few hours before this was taken. Is it too obvious? Does it stand on its own without the reference to Vickers? I'm thinking of getting this printed but I'm not quite sure the best way to do that (i.e. paper choice). Thoughts?
Thanks in advance for any comments.
Cheers,
Dave
McKenzie Beach
Tofino, BC (Canada)
Hi David,
It's always appreciated to know what's on an artist's mind to those who study art more closely. It's a privilege we value. And yes a picture should be able to stand on it's own, but when there's a reference to another work, it's good to know.
Vickers seems to show more detail in such a shot but that doesn't matter. If you are inspired by a work, it's still good for this to be a take-off point ,not something just to mimic. Like bill, I prefer more information generally. If however you'd choose to make this more abstract, you can try making it to be just layers of color and darker water. Try different ways of working and see what gives you the most pleasure, fascination, comfort, distraction or other experience you appreciate.
Then in the next pictures you take, I'd try to design the picture according to these ideas of your own.
For me, as I've said many times here, especially when not shooting for a defined commercial purpose, shoot wider so one can still have a leeway for your experiments as to what you might be able to do with such a starting point. It's like getting clay for modeling a sculpture. You know what you want to make but a lot of variables might alter the amount of material needed.
Here, you have emphasize the sky. The water you have not included cannot be used. Yes, it's good to learn to frame exactly what you perceive as the final image. You are not certain, however, yet about this new genre of images, which BTW, I really like. So think of shooting much wider, too.
Thanks for sharing. For the print, I'd use a matte finish.
Asher