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They always put them on the wrong side.

Ralph Steadman goes sailing. Or The Sailing Dead.

Absolutely agree. He and Beken were really the top. There's no substitute for "f:8 and be there".

Expose for the shadows, develop for the highlights. That's the crudest way of trying to explain the Zone System.

I really don't remember where I came across that, but I don't think I was ever that close to Elfros.

Nice avatar. :)

That's what really got me. 40 years apart and random encounter in the middle of the Canadian prairies and they just came together. It's like they were working with different versions of carve-by-numbers or something. 

Ink on glass. I was impressed.  Not to mention the hand-carved everything in the other one. People put a lot of time into that, and it still resonates.  

That prompted me to drag out my "folk art". These are right in front of me as I speak. The top piece was done by my wife's grandfather in a small town in Saskatchewan and we picked it up when her father moved to a condo.  The bottom piece I found in the 70's in a pile of trash at an abandoned...

Close.

Exactly what was it with that generation painting their boats in the most unappetizing colours? Shirley they must have had something besides barn green and barn red.

I believe they are called "scum". As to the art, I dunno.

Pick your favourite.

Kinda. The panache of Cuthbertson-designed sailboats attracted sailors both professional and recreational at home and around the world. Berlin Philharmonic conductor Herbert von Karajan ordered a custom C&C 61 and raced Helisara in Mediterranean regattas in the 1970s. The Newfoundland...

I was just going to mention Monet...this one hung in our bathroom until it faded too much.

My wife found this by a local artist in a downtown gallery and bought it on a whim. It hangs in our living room. It's part of his "Swiftsure" series.