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The buy-boat "Sterling", moored next to the Fleet The buy-boat "Sterling", moored next to the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis, Maryland, circa 1986. Note the pile of oysters on deck!
My 1983 watercolor of skipjack "Anna McGarvey" at My 1983 watercolor of skipjack "Anna McGarvey" at City Dock in Annapolis. She was built in 1981 on spec by Melbourne Smith (designer of the "Pride of Baltimore) and Annapolis marine surveyor Fred Hechlinger, and purchased by Annapolis restauranteur Mike Ashford and his friend Walter Cronkite. In the end, she spent very little time dredging for oysters. Her name now changed to "Han Em Harv".
I shot this in June of 1986, during Baltimore's "S I shot this in June of 1986, during Baltimore's "Summer of Sail". Left to right - USS Constellation, barquentine Dewaruci (w/tugboat), full-rigged tall ship Danmark and skipjack Minnie V.
Painting of clipper ship, commissioned by a client Painting of clipper ship, commissioned by a client whose ancestor sailed aboard her.
"September Surf and Sandpiper", acrylic on board, "September Surf and Sandpiper", acrylic on board, 21" x 15".
I'm not a photographer; I'm a printmaker and paint I'm not a photographer; I'm a printmaker and painter who happens to have a camera. I use the images I capture on film as references for my artwork. During the 1980s, I shot many pictures of skipjacks dredging for oysters out on the Chesapeake Bay.
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New shaped canvas acrylic painting, 40" x 32", as New shaped canvas acrylic painting, 40" x 32", as yet untitled,
I took this picture of the skipjack Elsworth in th I took this picture of the skipjack Elsworth in the mid 1980s from the deck of the Kathryn, another skipjack.
"Hauling the Dredge", watercolor on Twinrocker han "Hauling the Dredge", watercolor on Twinrocker handmade paper, 20" x 12".
New painting - "Stanley Norman off Howell Point", New painting - "Stanley Norman off Howell Point", watercolor, 18.5" x 12".
"Stanley Norman" dredging oysters off Howell Point "Stanley Norman" dredging oysters off Howell Point on the Choptank River, Capt. Ed Farley at the helm - circa 1984.
"Maggie Lee" is a recent watercolor taken from pho "Maggie Lee" is a recent watercolor taken from photos I shot in the 1980s. The Maggie Lee is one of several skipjacks whose pictures I shot that are no longer with us.
Above" My lithograph, "Seven Foot Knoll". Below: p Above" My lithograph, "Seven Foot Knoll". Below: photos of the skipjack "Minnie V" and the lighthouse, which I combined to compose my lithograph.
The skipjack "Wilma Lee" now lives in Eastport, at The skipjack "Wilma Lee" now lives in Eastport, at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. Here's how she appeared as she dredged oysters on the Choptank back in the early '80s.
"Elsworth", watercolor, 7" x 4.5". "Elsworth", watercolor, 7" x 4.5".
This is not an actual guitar! Rendered true to lif This is not an actual guitar! Rendered true to life size, "El Trovador" is a watercolor, 24" x 42".
Tall Ships in Baltimore, Pencil on mylar, 28" x 12 Tall Ships in Baltimore, Pencil on mylar, 28" x 12" (approx.), 1986
Left to right: USS Constellation (foreground), Bar Left to right: USS Constellation (foreground), Barquentine "Dewaruci"(w/tugboat), Tall Ship "Danmark", and skipjack "Minnie V." photographed during the "Summer of Sail Celebration" at Harbor Place, 1986.
After a good many years, I'm back to playing a Mar After a good many years, I'm back to playing a Martin guitar again. I've found shorter scale guitars work best for me these days. Meet my newly acquired C.F. Martin "000Jr", which has a very comfortable 24" scale.
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