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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;User 67, post: 923, member: 67&quot;]<font face="Verdana">Here are the points that would make me think that it is a Cali or NE coast. Of course these are a little arbitrary, as a painting from either coast can contain elements of the other.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">After coming back here and looking at it several times, let me say that I think it is an amature painting from the 1948-1953. There are stylistic elements that harken back to earlier styles of painting (1930s) but I think those are more accidental and not the result of a developing skill. (ie, cobalt used for ocean, ultra marine for sky and never the twain shall mix.)</font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">What makes me think it is California? The large rock jutting out on the left, the need for ocean &#039;spray&#039;, the driftwood and the bright sky. These are cliche elements in the early California coast paintings.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">What makes me think it is North East. The heavy palette, the milder waves and the mossy shore. If the gaze was turned 15° to the right, I would probably go with North East, because the cliche Atlantic painting is as much about the shoreline and land as it is about the water. The thing that is missing from this being a cliche Pacific coast painting, is the sunset.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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