You know what really does it for me? .... It's the water, yeah I know: but the representation of it is almost a platitude when viewing such rarefied quality as this.
No, what really takes it to the next level for me is the "weight" of it, he's captured the swell, the body of water, and it's movement so beautifully it's simply amazing, it has fantastic dynamism and I feel this is what largely dictates the sense of futility in their struggles.
And I also have to concur, in order to create this from a blank sheet takes quite some vision.
Marvellous.
