MARINE ARTISTS

It reminds me of...

Goya.

Here's a fellow who once came into our gallery; I remember a good conversation.

http://www.peterholbrook.com/zenphoto/boats/

http://www.peterholbrook.com/zenphoto/boats/The+Yellow+Sloop+2004.jpg.php

His work is photorealistic; His style reminds me of an artist i know who does amazing watercolors of water washed rocks, thats all he does.

Photorealism doesn't grab me that much. You know I much preferred the work on the last page, by miles.
Still, he's good at it, and I liked him.

Reminds me of years ago, my cousin, a year older, was an art major at ucla, had an interesting teacher, Jan Stussy. In some early class, the teacher brought in a table full of landscape detritus and gave the students a short time to draw it, I'll just say fifteen minutes. The people most realism oriented were thrown. I suppose a lot of us have had classes like that - I had a similar one, forget the title of it. Useful for expanding the brain pan.

I had the pleasure of building an outdoor "tiki" shower stall for a friend named Kim Rody many years ago. Her marine paintings are huge and vibrant. Feel free to visit her site
http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1411210093

Dear Chrissiem.Many years ago my mother bought a signed framed picture of the Titanic. The picture is probably one of your Grandpa's early works from his college days.She purchased it from a furniture shop on Sittingbourne High Street in the early 1970s Could you confirm the painting as His and give a true valuation.My Mother paid over £200 for it on H.P Terms and saved religiously to purchase it.Thank you for your response.I have attached a Photo of the Print/Picture in the Original frame. Kind Regards Jacqui Chittock.
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Just saw those, I like them. I'll check out her site. ('happy work')

Like the lobstah. I like the way it getts tucked into the boundaries of the frame. Tucking in or "breaking" boundaries makes it much more interesting fo me.

More synchronicity, farmer.

SCARBOROUGH (AP) — The Maine studio overlooking the Atlantic Ocean where painter Winslow Homer lived from 1883 until his death in 1910 and where he produced some of his most notable work is opening to the public following a multi-year, multimillion-dollar renovation by the Portland Museum of Art.

Cutty Sark.

yaaaaar, see how she schoons.

Does anybody know of a painting of NY Harbor in March 1943? I am looking for one contemporary to the time, that shows the harbor full of traffic, during WW2...supposedly in early march it was the busiest ever in the port. I am writing a book on marine artists and NY Harbor.

In advance..thanks!

I dont have any info now but I get lots of mterial across my desk on marine artists and works. I do recall several paintings of (I believe) NY harbor in the age of sail , (Montague Dawson,William Bradford etc)
I think a potential resource for you may be the new "Studio museum" at Prouts Neck in Maine, where Homer had his studio. I understand theyve assembled lots of tuff thats on-line .
Is your book assembled chronologically?

Heres a late Homer . Its about a dangerous sail in a summer squall near his studio in Prouts Neck.
Lets see if there are any new marine paintings that we can scarf up.

Im looking for a bunch of moody marine subjects done in grisaille style. This one has a touch of blues it but almost goes unnoticed




And yes, Its Montague Dawson. Im gonna have you people respect his style if it takes me all century

Heres one by Carl Evers , who was the prime artist for depicting MORGAN TUGS . I remember I was at an art show in NYC some years ago at Governors Island where they had the showing of maybe 40 of Evers paintings just of Morgan Tugs in various states of work





BETTER SIZE IT SO YOU CAN SEE IT

I love this Convoy painting by Herbert Barna. Screams deco to me.

And I know Osso will be along shortly, as she sniffs out an art thread from several miles.
Here's an interesting link for that lovely lady, and anyone else who likes getting lost in arty type stuff...

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/dec/13/uk-oil-paintings-catalogue-online

The second pqinting in this thread was a "Rzzle Dazzle" ship painting

It was used to break up the ships silhouette

Sniff, I smell the sea..
or not, since my sense of smell is poor. There is a painter I like from my last home area, Robert Benson, who does plein air watercolors of the land and water around him. I can't find my favorite of his, The South Fork of the Trinity River, online; have had a postcard of it moving around on my walls for years now (I move items except for big paintings). Here's a bit about him from one of his painting shows: http://www.humboldt.edu/first/exhibitions/2003/benson.html

Alas, I haven't used my scanner (relatively new) in a while and I'm confused on how to get the image to my desktop, in order to get it to Photobucket. Will have to get out the directions..
Grrrrrrr.

four-masted barque under storm-sails