Sunday, June 29, 2008

Alfred Thompson Bricher - American, 1837 - 1908


The Landing at Bailey Island, 15 x 32 inches


New England Coast - Sailboats


Castle Rock, Marblehead, 1878


Low tide, Grand Manan Island


Headlands


Rippling Sea, Manchester


Seacape with Dory and Sailboats


The Coast at Grand Manan


Whitehead, Casco Bay

A common problem with seascapes or beach scenes is lopsidedness - the structural weight of shore elements such as rocks and cliffs, is difficult to balance with water alone.

The main lesson to learn from Bricher's work is the compositional trick of using a mass of cloud, and or boat and or white foam of a breaking wave, to balance rocks/cliff on other side of painting. The boat need not be of equal size to the rocks to have equal compositional weight. This is because the comparatively blank area of the sea makes the boat stand out as a point of interest.




Sunset on Bailey Island




Sunset over the Bay


Summer Day at Grand Manan


Seascape




Seascape with Sunset


Moonrise, Coast of Maine


Grand Summer, Grand Manan


Brundith Head, Grand Manan


Morning at Saskonnet, Rhode Island


White Island Lighthouse, Isle of Shoals


Light Winds


Grand Manan


Off Grand Manan


Sailing off the Coast


Coastal Scene


Coastal Scene 2


Coastal View


Crashing Waves


Along the Coast


Baily's Island, Maine


Breaking Surf


By the Shore


See a few more at:
http://landscapesoftheself.blogspot.com/search?q=bricher

No comments: