Reaching out to the ocean

Sometimes I do a plein air piece and nature just doesn't arrange itself in the best possible way.........So, I have to restucture it a bit. Originally this had a solid rock "barricade" across the ocean which halted the viewers enrty into the painting and made it uninviting. Back home I punched a hole in the rocks so the viewer could let his eye wander all the way to the water, and brightened the sand in the entry to make sure the viewer got all the way to the ocean. Now you can feel yourself move towards the gap and down to the ocean.