In this painting, the branches are outlined and dark lines are painted throughout the tree showing realistic characteristics of the tree trunk. The waves at the top and the tree branches show horizontal direction. The fins of the fish are outlined showing emphasis on the beauty of the fish. Linear perspective can be seen by the orthogonal lines shown by the two lines that mark the change in color of the ocean, as well as the tree branches, and the fish facing opposite directions all point to the vanishing point above the horizontal line marking the separation of the ocean floor and the water.
The fish’ orange bodies are circular, and the whole fish create triangles. The branches of the tree coming from the trunk and the implied line of the ocean colors also create triangles. This painting is volumetric and organic because it is 3 dimensional, creating a foreground and a background. The author wants to focus on the fish and the tree. The tree is the largest figure with its trunk set on the left side of the middle of the ocean floor. Each branch that overlaps another branch is larger than those behind them and the fish in the foreground is larger than the fish in the background in order to convey distance.
Linear perspective is used as discussed earlier. The small space at the vanishing point has no objects. The space visually projects creating distance and depth. Again, the fish in the foreground is larger than the fish in the background, creating distance.
Light comes down from the top of the painting, presumably shown by white waves, possibly caused by the sun’s rays. It casts shadows under the fish as well as the tree. The shadows are mostly dark with no color, and create a triangular shape under the small fish. Also, light casts down on the tree branches, depicted with white outline. It bounces off the tree onto the big fish and emphasizes the fish’ body. This fish is emphasized the most as it is in more detail with the curly lines in the head and its beautiful black fins.
Cool blue and brown dominates the color scheme. The big tree is a melancholy gray tone. However, the two warm bright orange fish complements the blue ocean floor, creating a more lively emphasis on how beautiful fish are against the ocean floor. Atmospheric perspective is used as the small fish in the background is blurred and its beauty is not emphasized like the big fish. Also, as we draw closer to the vanishing point, the dark blue color becomes blurred.
Painted on cloth, the surface is almost smooth, but not quite. Implied texture can be seen by the thin lines of the beautiful fish and the thick heavy strokes of the tree. Also, the thick strokes of the waves contrast with the thin strokes of the ocean floor, giving a pattern of thick at the top and thin at the bottom. This shows that the fish and where they live make the ocean beautiful.
This painting is asymmetrical because the sides of the central line are not the same. The huge tree is balanced by the light coming down from the top. The dark blue portions on the left and the right of the ocean floor are complemented by the bright orange color of the fish, creating balance. The big tree and the big fish are emphasized, showing the true beauty of the beautiful fish compared to a rough lifeless tree. The repetition of the use of triangles discussed in shape connected the foreground and the background, creating rhythm. The rhythm seems to create disparate parts because each triangle is used differently, one for creating distance, another to show the shape of the fish. Fast-drying acrylic paint is used making stroke flexibility possible and changes difficult. Flexibility helped make thick and thin lines. It gives a flat look with decently durable medium, looking the same as when she painted it.
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