...it's not even about the tonality /of the seagull/, but about the seagull itself. For this state of "Aivazovsky" waves, a more swift seagull suggests itself, not one "strolling" so low above the waves. And the picture is beautiful!
Seriously speaking about waves and Aivazovsky, I saw his works in person at a museum in Feodosia, I think, when I was a young pioneer.
I'll note the artist's main quality—his paintings, his seas, are saturated with light—even in a stormy sea, the water is always illuminated, and these sunlit details fill the painting with air and light—that's why he's so popular. The sea is different—yours are heavy, but an artist has it easier—they can paint however and whenever they want; the photographer is given a moment.
in a different key...
I'll note the artist's main quality—his paintings, his seas, are saturated with light—even in a stormy sea, the water is always illuminated, and these sunlit details fill the painting with air and light—that's why he's so popular. The sea is different—yours are heavy, but an artist has it easier—they can paint however and whenever they want; the photographer is given a moment.