Peace – Burial at Sea

What you see

At the center of a square canvas, a steamship stands out dark against the haze, with black sails and a long trail of smoke drifting to the left. A bright light, like torchlight, glows beside its hull. Far off on the left, pale white shapes suggest a distant shore.

Almost everything is white, gray and pale blue, which makes the black of the ship feel even heavier. The sky is built up in thick layers of paint, and the water mirrors the hull and sails in long vertical bands. Watch for the dark bird flying low near the bottom edge, and the faint little sailboat on the right.