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I'm working on a painting at the
Malibu Pier. I wanted to capture
the quirky angles and the diagonals
of the stairways located at the end
of the pier. It is a view from a rooftop, looking down the stairs toward the main level of the pier. The picture plane has strong compositional elements, with an abstract quality that I like.
![Photograph copyright Suzanne Simson 2017 Photograph copyright Suzanne Simson 2017](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlNdS2UD0W0b1nV5fqK0iuEBz0fcIeOnFB61105nJS6pmw8qFsA3YEViQ5D0nE5-sUUcMuyGQ1d7OHEqauqjwGGIRgpWu-bLIOAHYSxP42ecMkpw8szpW5A40SG-SdLdnvh8Bmq5o0XY/s320/Pier's+end.jpg)
My first thought when I saw this spot, was that the lines of the architecture are similar to the structure of a Richard Diebenkorn painting from his Ocean Park abstract series. While my painting has developed in a realistic manner, the underlying drawing has a kind of abstract geometry. There is a sense of tension in the lines of perspective and the descent of the stairs.
It is a lively and beautiful place - it feels like standing on the bow of a ship.
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I am fond of older architecture, and the Malibu Pier has a history going back over 100 years. It was built in 1904 for the Adamson/Rindge family who once owned 20 miles of this coastline. In the 1940's the pier was extended and the twin buildings were added.
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Richard Diebenkorn said, "All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression.”
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