A friend of mine is a local artist and sailor. I posted some pictures here that he took earlier this year while sailing on his Islander 44. I have always wanted him to paint a picture of one of my boats, but never had a good picture to have him to go off of. Now he is painting one of my new HDC! He sent me a early version of the painting which is just amazing:
Rob
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Here is one of my favorite of of his paintings that I own:
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Really great! I like the semi abstract look.
Looks great! You can send me the preliminary! ;D ;D ;D
I'll post a pic of the final painting here...I think he has a ways to go. He has a very impressionistic style that I like. He always has a booth at the Chicago Strictly Sail show and has a lot of sailing paintings there for sale.
Rob
But can he paint the bottom of my 19? From the knees of my heart!
Update to my painting...it's not done yet.
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Almost done!
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Sweet, wish I could paint................nies
Here is the final painting...I think it just needs his signature.
I'm very happy with! Can't wait to see it in person.
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Really nice. I love the details involved in making the clouds.
Here it is....done and signed. I really love it!!
Rob
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Amazing! Very nice.
Really nice..................nies
Very talented ..... beautiful work! Do you mind sharing his name and contact info?
Don
C23D "Luna"
Agree!...post his info here if ok.
CP23D "No Mas"
i am now officially inspired.
although my catalina 18 isnt a particularly pretty boat, it is a sailboat and deserves to be on canvas. after christmas i will begin.
I'll check with the artist to see if I can pass on his info, or if he is interested in doing more commisioned works. He used to advertise in Sailing magazine to do paintings of sailboats. I love his style of work. The colors are great, and since he is a sailor, he knows how to paint sailboats. There are too many nonsailing artists that try to paint a sailboat and they just don't get it right.
Rob