MARINE ARTISTS

I'm not sure off-hand when Tirpitz was painted but I know there is an obvious difference between his early paintings and his later ones which definitely improved with age and experience.

Regarding cover art, besides Douglas Reeman's "Kent" series, it seems he did quite a lot of dj's, many of which we are still discovering ourselves. I believe he did Mowat's "Grey Seas Under" and "The Serpents Coil", if you Google these book titles using 'images', you will see pictures of the book covers. Also he appears to have done some covers for books by John Harris, "Silent Marauders" by Graeme Cook and "Gold from Crete" by C.S Forester amongst many others..... of which we have a large number. Looking at the paintings individually, it is very apparent which ones were painted for the purpose to accomodate wraparound and titles, etc. but I will try to find out for you if any of his cover art was rejected.

Re. the website, unfortunately no idea of timescale yet, spare time is the main factor really but we would welcome any input you can contribute.

This picture of the Titanic is also one of my Grandpa's and one of my fave's.

http://www.shipsahoy.com/dml237.gif

the german merchant-raider SEEADLER ( WW I - under graf von luckner ) :

That's a beautiful photo. Do you know what those grids are that seem to be on or in the water? Are what are those taller, fainter vertical plant looking things? Are they in the water or on the shore? I can't work out the perspective.
I love the curve and fluidity of the water against the solid, straight lines of the boat and the oar- beautiful.
I'm gonna explore him some more.

The reflection is of the poles and nets that are strung on the poles. This makes up a fish weir. A fish weir is kinda unique way oif fishing in the MAine/Maritimes area where the tides are extremely high (30+ ft). A weir is installed as a large round pole structure with a net inside. There is one opening in the weir where, when the tides are high, the fish can swim into the weir, when the tides ebb, the water level goes below the "doorway" and the fish are tyrapped inside. Ive seen everything from codfish to small whales get trapped in weirs. Whenever a whale blunders inside, usually the weir owner will boat out to release it so the whale doesnt damage the weir in hios attempts to free himself.
We saw a small whale shark in one this year, it was about 15 feet long and was swimming around in circles till the tie came in again.