Flat Form? #137

Brief review of the remarkably beautiful seascapes of New Hampshire born Alfred Thompson Bricher to respond to a simple question about ‘form.’ Form in representation is understood to be creating the illusion of depth or roundness on a flat surface and yet, in concept, flatness itself is among the form ideas that must be expressed.

In response to Norma

QUESTION: Can you talk about the form discussion relative to master seascapes? When you have a large body of calm, flat water, like in some of the paintings of Alfred Bricher, for example, how do you address form of the calm water? One can see the form in the rocks, ships, clouds, even large waves, but it's not clear how to think about form in the large areas of calm water.

Norma