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When my wife and I vacationed recently, in the state of Maine, we took daily hikes for exercise but also to get out in the landscape. When we were on Mt. Desert Island, we were rewarded with breath-taking views nearly every hike.
Since we got back home, I have had pictures printed that either I or my wife took. Last night while listening to a podcast on plein air painting, I doodled this little thumbnail sketch from a photograph taken while climbing Acadia Mountain.
Sometimes these little doodles are the best as I am not attached to any set composition. In my mind I was rapidly changing the landscape to strengthen the composition. I moved trees around and inverted the landform to make the figure (me) have a stronger presence. I am not looking to dominate the picture but tweak it in a way that reveals some quality inherent in the landscape, whether it is an atmospheric effect or the quality of the light.
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