Inspired by the paintings of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917),
I
have begun a series of animated studies. The idea is to infuse a subtle movement as a way to
explore the water world that Albert Pinkham Ryder created, to drift in his sea.
Toilers
of the Sea
For
a base, I have used the best scanned images I could find on the web.
Since I have never actually seen the paintings,
I have interpreted the color and contrast, played
with the hues in an attempt to find what I imagine might have been the colors
of the original canvas at a certain time of day
when the painter was working. I am careful to retain the patina of antiquity
that his painting technique is famous for. There are a
few dabs of virtuel paint on pieces of the background to permit their deplacement
in space, to fill out their unseen edges. The background
of this web page is made from pieces of a "Ryder Sky" .
