Hey, dammit! Did you steal that painting just so you could post it here and impress all your friends?!?
Put it back please, there's a 7th grade class coming to the museum tomorrow. Think of the kids, man!!
The Manitowoc museum is awesome. We stopped in there, cruising, about 12 years ago. They had a steam engine from a paddlewheeler set up to run on compressed air, very impressive. And a submarine.
BTW I just noticed that I did not actually post the Brookings painting, a couple days ago
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Seurat, 1890, Channel At Gravelines...
... inside joke, Seurat was a "Pointillist" making his paintings of many many many dots. He was the best of this school, IMHO. Presaged modern technology and our pixels.
- DSK
Charles Brooking, 1700s, don't know much about him but apparently he painted a lot because there's ~80 of his on the wwweb. I found his stuff looking at JWM Turner.
I like your friends style too. Th light and contrasts create a very nice mood.
DSK
There is a chapter in Ernest Gann's book 'Song Of The Sirens' where he sails what must be a jangada... doesn't use the proper name for it, just calls it a sailing raft. But he praises it's speed. One of my favorite adventures in that book.
- DSK
A cup with a place to put the bowsprit.
Or it's a mug for lumpy oatmeal.
But the main question for this thread (other than the obvious "what's it rate") is.... IS IT ART
- DSK