ated in the painting is white. When Homer painted "Driftwood," it was the early nineteen-hundredths. This was well before all the African-American movements for equality. Generally, in those days and also today, white men worked from the ocean. A black man could also fill the shoes of this white gentleman and portray the same characteristics and goals. This is not a racist painting, but rather a painting of its time. White men had most of the power in the early nineteen-hundreds, but that has changed and you must view the portrait in a different angle now. He is just another man in society trying to save a tree trunk just as a black man would. This is not to put down women, but I do not know if many women would be able to move this enormous log.
             Color plays a big role in "Driftwood." Homer uses many values to bring out the beauty of the ocean. It is so realistic that it feels like you are almost on the rocks. Water changes color constantly near the shoreline and it is captured brilliantly by Homer. It makes me wonder if Homer was actually near t
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