Importance of New Perspective
falls, perspective, and water under the bridge
Under Bridge Falls - digital painting - Dan Beck -2006
Getting away - going on vacation - these are wonderful things. If one wants to stay creative, it is really valuable to get a change of perspective from time to time.
I just came back from a week in upstate New York. This is one of the views that stayed with me. I found the perspective of looking almost directly up the waterfalls and out through the bridge a first for me.
Though there are photographs available of this particular scene, I did not use them to paint this. As a rule, I don’t like to use photographs as an aid. For me, I would rather rely on my own impressions and bring in my own memory and biases.
I think art is about communication and it is my goal to communicate to the extent I can what I might feel and see - about a scene.
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See Also
- Seafogged
Another look at interpreting water - Cascadilla Gorge
Photos and info about gorge and waterfalls - Explore Cornell - Panos - Upper Falls
Don’t think this is same falls - but 365 degree tour is worth checking out
