Marine Art Analysis

Marine art is defined as any form of art that portrays the main inspiration from the sea. This piece of art has a three-dimensional line because it looks like the picture is in motion with the waves getting higher and higher, while moving the boat. The form of this picture would be the height of the waves that are sharpening at the tip, so sharp that if touched it looked like it would cut you. I think that the artist implied this into the picture because it shows how unbalanced things could be in life. When looking at this piece of art someone would describe the intensity really dull and dark.
There is no doubt about what is happening here in the picture. Anyone could look at this picture and not feel at ease. This picture had a single black man on a wreck boat that faces death in several forms: hunger, thirst, circling

sharks, waves and even a storm. In the distance, a ship passes by under full sail, oblivious to the victim, as the Gulf Stream carries the stranded man fur¬ther out to sea. The man himself seems unaware of his possible rescue and appears to have resigned himself to his approaching death. Yet in the Mince of all this disaster, the man retains a certain dignity. He does not seem to ask for an end to his isolation and he does not ask to live. This painting is less heroic and more hopeless. The Gulf Stream is a storytelling picture and is a supreme exam¬ple of a dramatic tease. In the picture the viewers can only imply what with happen. Will the ship in the distance save this man stranded? Will the storm finally take over and tip over the boat so the sharks could have at him? Will the man starve to death or die of thirst? The viewers will never know the ending with this picture, and it will leave them guessing. They will either hoping for the worst or the best. It is up to the viewer to decide in which direction the victim's fate lies.
Although the sea appears to have condemned this man to die, he still maintains strength and power. The sailor is physically strong and seems almost untouchable in his position on the boat. The man on the boat is emotionless, dazed and faces away from his danger, seeming to embody man's will to endure against the most terrible odds. The man illustrated has accepted his fate and he does not fight against it. It is here that the viewer realizes that only against such forces of nature is this sailor helpless.
Overall, this picture demonstrated the darkest value because of the dark blue color of the waves and the storming sky in the background. The space for this picture implied a negative effect. Looking at the picture a person would not want to put themselves in that moment. The person in the picture is alone on a beat up ruggedly boat. The waves are tipping the boat over and in the waves are sharks with their mouths open ready to feed. The movement in this picture would be terror or fear. The artist was definitely in a dark frame of mind when creating this picture. The reasoning for this is because of the feel when looking at this picture. This inflicted a heavy weight emotion of having several things take over someone at once, making the composition more dramatic and vivid. The waves are basically trying to knock over the man on the boat, and in the water are a bunch of sharks surrounding him. There is nothing on the boat. No necessities, food, or anything that could call for help. In this picture the man on this boat is defeated. It looks like he has given up as he just lays their on the boat that is tipping over. This picture looks like a lonely universe of elemental conflict, isolation, danger and death. This paining illustrates contemporary events that put man against the sea. The elements of the piece of art work together to use unfinished story technique. This draws the viewer into the works, and to encourage them to finish the story on their own. This contains both similar elements. For example, the thrashing sharks present a very real and immediate danger to the black man. There is blood in the water that implies that someone has already been killed.
The meaning of this picture defines a person lost.

This person is going through so much deterioration. It is like the person could be saved, but chooses not to attempt on even trying to survive. This person has lost hope and has given up. Nothing can reach his attention. All the battles that are shown do not matter anymore. Death does not have any effect on his emotions. The picture illustrates a life or death situation, and by the careless gestures it shows that death does not scare him. Maybe the artist has had someone die that is really important in their life. By viewing the art work, the man on the boat is all alone, and in the water is blood as if someone had just been killed. This picture could be an example in real life situations. There is always so much going on, and sometimes more than people can handle. It is not easy taking a loss to someone important or having to deal with tragedies in life. It makes someone’s like feel so unbalanced and shaky, as shown in the picture with the man on the boat tipping over by the waves. Sometimes life throws someone so many obstacles all they want to do is give up because they already feel

defeated.
To conclude, I think this picture was very powerful. It inflicted such a powerful message in disguise. The picture overall had a negative tone, but in a way it teaches a person viewing it that in life we will get so many obstacles thrown our way, but it is only up to that person on how it ends. I think that it is sad that someone has gone through so much and has no hope for living. I am glad that art can be an outlet for people going through so much torment. The artist was going through serious emotions when drawing this picture, but can cope with them because drawing ones emotions releases stress from those situations. I have learned so many elements of art within this one piece of art. The texture of the waves are dangerous and life threatening. The three dimension shape looks as if someone is watching a cartoon on television. The color of the picture is so dark and depressing. The man illustrated looks cold and miserable. The water is almost a dark navy blue because it is reflecting the dark blue skies as it is storming immensely. There are so many dark tones that the artist has implied to make the viewer’s get the full meaning of what he was drawing. I was very happy with my decision in picking this picture because it has taught me a lot.