"Dutch Coastal Landscape with Three Ducks" - Marl Martens

Canvas Size: 20 x 24 in.
Frame Size: 27.5 x 31 in.
Oil on canvas
Signed, bottom left
 
This atmospheric coastal landscape depicts a tranquil, misty moment at the water's edge. The picture is rendered in a palette of silvery greys, soft ochres, and deep earth tones, evoking the cool light of dawn emerging from damp fog. In the foreground, three ducks ascend, in mid-flight, their rhythmic silhouettes leading the viewer's eye toward a distant, low-lying shoreline punctuated by a solitary tree. The artist employs a textured brushwork on canvas to render the shimmering reflections of sunlight on the water, and the delicate, wind-swept that emerge from the shallows. The vast, hazy sky occupies the majority of the picture, creating a sense of quietude and expansive remoteness characteristic of classic maritime realism.
 
This oil on canvas painting is ready to hang is an ornately carved, vintage, wooden frame with linen liner.