A lovely composition. But it is remarkable, for it is unusual in paintings for the subject(s) to give the artist the stink eye. Photographs yes, but in paintings, rare.
So imagine the poor artist, perched on the wildly tossing bow with his pallet and lap easel trying to capture the moment...
She must have been quite a gal: once around the world and twice around the Horn and many adventures in the Atlantic.
Sunbeam (157') - the first private yacht circumnavigate the globe
(Her book) "...A Voyage in the Sunbeam, describing their journey round the world in 1876–1877 with a...