'Halifax Shipping Lane : Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 - 11:19'oil on canvas
12" x 12"
$ 180
This is second time I have painted this exact ship...only this time it is smaller.
The London Express (Hapag-Lloyd) is majestic as is glides into port. The sun is so bright at this point in the day and it beautifully back-lights the ship causing the great vessel to seem almost like a silhouette. in fact, when you see the painting up close oyu can see the Hapag-Lloyd lettering on the side of the ship.
I tend not to paint these images because they always seem too dark. A few folks have droped by the studio/boathouse and asked if this one was done. To my mind, this is how I will always remember the boats in the shipping lanes: Bright, difussed sunlight, calm seas, and a gigantic ship slowly cutting through the water that is dwarfed only by the open sky.
