Discussions with Mark Norseth

Further work and enhancements.  Almost finished, I ‘m looking forward to some glaze work in the foreground rocks.  Some slight adjustments to tones and simplifications need to be made overall…I’m spending a lot of time looking at the painting upside-down and in the mirror.   What can I do to keep it moving?  Where is the water getting held up, and why?  Moreover, where can I simplify without loosing the look?

Makapu’u-Evening Sea oil on linen, 32 x 36″

A quick post on a current work-in-progress. It’s a 32 x 36″ oil, studio painting from a quarter-sized plein-air sketch.

First sketchbook indication.