SETTING #4

In Asher Lev the setting of Providencetown, specifically at the beach makes a huge mark on Asher’s painting career. Jacob Kahn is the Asher's teacher and it is him that brings him to Providencetown to paint. The different scenery on the beach and in the beach house expands Asher's knowledge of the world, and convinces him that being away from his street in Brooklyn is not so bad after all. The beach house itself is not very large. Its main room, Kahn's studio takes up the majority of the space. The studio is cluttered with dozens of canvases and blocks of marble. Though this is the intended place for work both Asher and Kahn often paint on their easels out on the beach. Asher's room at the beach house was in the attic of the beach house. It had one window that looked across the dunes, beach, and ocean. Though he painted with Kahn outside, in his room he just thought about the world and about his feelings. He also did this on the back porch. He often found himself just staring at the ocean for long periods of time talking about art with Kahn. It was on the porch he made a revelation as to an artist he could not understood. From the view he suddenly understood the sunlight in Hopper's paintings. At that time Asher realized to understand art and artists he could not just simply view there work, but he needs to see their inspiration and view what they did. The essence of an artist is the experiences he has, and only then can he put them on paper.