ok, I've made the ocean gradient a lot more apparent, and taken off one of the layers of texture
also added a river (though I'm not at all pleased with how it came out)
made the road into a dirty sort of color (though I originally intended for it to be fore of a marker, rather than a drawn path)
I lightened up the grass a bit and darkened the trees
how does it look compared? less cluttered?
trees are bluer
town symbol is rounder