Original Acrylic Paintings
My
original paintings are done with the highest quality
Acrylic Paint on water resistant canvas stretched
on wooden stretcher bars in the traditional manner.
The final finish on
each painting is done with clear Acrylic Matte
Medium to avoid glare from reflections as well
as protect it from the environment and giving
the ability to easily clean the surface of the
painting. The pigments in the paint used are very
resistant to fading from UV exposure.
There is no set price for the handling and shipping
of the original paintings because of different
weights, sizes and distances from their destination.
Shipping costs for the originals will be determined
at time of completion of the painting. I don’t
charge anything for packaging and you only pay
what the preferred shipper charges for your preferred
speed of shipment and level of insurance. We’ll
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Cheryl and the Bully Girls at the Beach, 12x30 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, $1800, (framed).
Also available as a framed Giclee Print on canvas,
image size 12x30 inches, $250 (framed).
I took the photo I worked from while sliding along in the water with the tide driven current at about
the same speed as Cheryl and the dogs were walking. This is one of our favorite beaches and although
there were homes in the background in the photo, most of the island is state land, unoccupied and with
no bridge to this island it’s the best local beach for us. It’s about a half hour skiff ride away in
the flats boat at an easy pace.
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Sea
Star in Andros Island Waters, 24x30 inches, Acrylic
on canvas, $3500, (framed).
Also available as a framed Giclee Print on canvas,
image size 12x16 inches, $150 (framed).
Racing
the Smacks originally used for fishing is part of the
Bahamas’ traditional heritage. I handled the mainsheet
on Sea Star in a few races and got the nickname “Mainsheet
Johnny”.
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Anhinga,
24x30 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, $2500, (framed).
Also available as a Giclee on canvas, image size 12x16 inches,
$150 (framed).
This
Anhinga dries it’s wings in the sun while perched on
my bowsprit as the boat waits for me to take her out.
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Parrot
in the Palms, 24x30 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, 2500,
(framed).
Also available as a Giclee on canvas, image size 12x16 inches,
$150 (framed).
The sand
is made partly of ground up pink shells and its contrast
with the brilliant turquoise water is astonishing while
enjoying the solitude of a beach with no footprints
on it.
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The Modern Mayan, 36x36 inches, Open edition print on heavy stock, $5000, (unframed).
The ladies of Lake Atilan are mystified by my surfing buddy David, his
electronic instrument always gets the monkey excited. He never could get the
monkey to play it or even touch it though. David spends about half his life in
Mexico with the other part near the water in either California or the Bahamas.
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Mayan
at the Interface, 12x22 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, $1200,
(framed).
Also available as a Giclee on canvas, image size 12x22 inches, $200 (framed).
I learned
a lot about sailing while with Robbie Smith aboard the
"Mayan" David Crosby's wooden ship. Robbie
told me once that sailing is playing the interface between
two worlds.
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Gun
Cay Light, 24x30 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, $1800, framed).
Also available as a Giclee on canvas, image size 12x16 inches, $150 (framed).
The Gun Cay Light sits on the edge of the Great Bahama Bank and is one of the safe
spots to enter the banks for passages from Florida to the Berry Islands on the way to Great Abaco Island.
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Goin’
Home, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x36, $2500, (framed).
Also available as a Giclee print on Canvas, image size 8x12 inches, $125, (framed).
They’ve
tied up and put away the old Herschoff sailboat and
are heading home after a day on the water. They’re in
Safety Harbor on Upper Captiva Island.
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The Crab Hunter, (Yellow Crowned Night Heron), Acrylic
on Canvas, 24x30 inches, $2200, (framed).
Also available as a Giclee print on Canvas, image size 12x16 inches,
$150, (framed).
I photographed this character while he was hunting Mangrove Crabs in the rocks along the canal front
in my back yard. He’s been back many times since then.
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White
Cloud, Acrylic on Canvas, 16x20 inches, $800, (framed).
Also available as a Giclee on canvas, 12x16 inches image
size, $150, (framed).
The Gulf
of Mexico with no wind to sail, felt like I was motoring
through the doldrums with that single white cloud in
the distance.
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Rocky’s
Boat, Acrylic on Canvas, 8x22 inches, $800. (framed).
Also available as a Giclee on canvas, 8x22 inches image size,
$150, (framed).
That’s
Rocky aboard Osprey tucked away in a corner of Little
Harbour at the very south end of the Sea of Abaco, as
seen from where I was anchored.
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Catana
40, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x30 inches, $1800, (framed).
Also available as a Giclee on canvas, 12x16 inches image
size, $150, (framed).
Australian
designer, built in France, those guys seldom reef their
sails and only go out for a day sail if it’s really
blowin’.
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Little
Harbour, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x30 inches, $2000, (framed).
Also available as a framed Giclee Print on canvas, image size 12x16 inches, $150 (framed).
This is my view of Little Harbour from near my property there,
looking off toward the Gallery and Pete’s Pub.
The Reddish Egret spreads out his wings and hunts in his shadow.
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In the Other World, Acrylic on Canvas, 12x16 inches,
$750, (framed).
Also available as a framed Giclee Print on canvas, image size 12x16 inches, $150 (framed).
Life on the reef.
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New Wave 1, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x36 inches, $2100,
(framed).
Also available as a framed Giclee Print on canvas, image size 12x16 inches, $150 (framed).
Sometimes the conditions are right for truly magnificent waves. I worked in the surfboard industry for
many years beginning in the mid 60’s, formative years.
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Palm
1, Acrylic on Canvas, 12x16 inches, $700, (framed).
Also available as a framed Giclee Print on canvas, image size 12x16 inches, $150 (framed).
I had a friend on the Coconut Board in Jamaica and planted about 65 of these that grew to be huge.
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Gun Cay Light Clouds on the way to the Great Abaco, Acrylic on Canvas, 12x16 inches,
$850, (framed).
Also available as a framed Giclee Print on canvas, image size 12x16 inches, $150 (framed).
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Steve
the Cat, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x30 inches, $2200, (framed).
Also available as a Giclee print on canvas, 12x16, $150, (framed).
That’s my friend RJ’s cat, Steve, he’s a Tiger in his dream, lying on an oriental carpet.
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No Destination, No Port of Call, Acrylic on Canvas,
24x30 inches, $2500, (framed).
Also available as a Giclee print on canvas, 12x16, $150, (framed).
No destination, no port of call, no place really, to go at all.
Lyrics from an old friend’s song. The Atlantic is a big place.
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Anhinga 1, Acrylic on Canvas, 12x16 inches, $700, (framed).
This was a study painting for a larger one
of which there is an available Giclee print, 12x16 inches, $150, (framed).
I don’t mind him drying his wings while perched on the bowsprit
but he’s made quite a mess while sitting on the arm of the helmsman’s chair.
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Pete’s
Pub, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x30 inches, $1500, (framed).
Also available as a Giclee print on canvas, 12x16, $150, (framed).
Pete’s Pub in Little Harbour, Abaco, Bare feet required, shirt optional.
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Woody,
Acrylic on Canvas, 30x40 inches, $3000, framed).
Also available as a Giclee print on canvas, 12x16, $150, (framed).
That’s my 85 lb. Boxer Woody, fun loving pal that’s been at
my side for the past 8 plus years He looks
intimidating but no worries about him unless you’re
another dog trying to get too close to my wife.
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Michael
John, Acrylic on Canvas, 12x16 inches, $800, (framed).
Also available as a Giclee print on canvas, 12x16, $150, (framed).
Michael John belongs to Pete Johnston and his son Greg of Little Harbour,
Abaco where the boat is seen in front of the
Johnston Gallery and Pete’s Pub in this image
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Racing to Windward, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x30, $700, (framed).
Also available as a Giclee print on canvas, 12x16, $150, (framed).
Part of the Volvo Series these high tech monohulls go incredibly fast.
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At
the Edge, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x30 inches, $10,000,
(framed).
Also available as a Giclee print on canvas, 12x16, $150,
(framed).
This
image is a self-portrait of sorts. That’s my back yard
where I lived with my wife and 2 girls in the mountains
of southern California. The dogs are Doberman Pinchers
with unaltered ears. Nemo and Sonja. They kept the coyotes
at a distance.
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The following images
have been sold and are no longer available as originals |
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Old Pine Island Sound
This is one of the old fish houses east of Captiva Pass in the Pine Island Sound. It sits on an oyster bar out in the middle of the sound and brings back memories of Pine Island’s not too distant past.
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Dixie
Fish Company
This
was a local Fish House in Ft. Myers Beach, still exists
today.
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Balinese
Shaman
My Professional
Photographer friend RJ Jones took the picture I worked
from. The little Shrine is on the edge of an ancient
volcano that is about 8 miles across. The Shaman mystery,
he appeared from nowhere and said in some ancient Indonesian
tongue that he was the one, photograph me and not those
stone workers working on the other Shrine in the background.
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Bluenose
She was
the pride of the Nova Scotia Fishing fleet and the fastest
schooner of them all in the fleet races.
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Caviar
This
was a commissioned painting, she’s anchored in Little
Harbour, a turtle preserve for Green Turtles.
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Dolphin
1
I’ve
been surrounded by dolphins when sailing out in the
pacific and where I live now is sort of a nursery zone
for them so we see them a lot here.
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Dolphin
Re-entry
Sometimes
they come all the way out of the water jumping out of
our boat wake.
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Dreadnaught
Commissioned
by a friend who had a chance to sail part of the way
around the world during this lovely racer/cruiser’s
circumnavigation of the planet.
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Gator
in Long Cut
Something
else we have where I live, Gators, and they move around
during mating season which is when I saw this one near
my house.
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Blue
Gator
The light
was magical the day I saw this Gator, it was down in
the Fakahatchee Swamp in the dry season and the
little pond was full of them, I stopped counting at
40.
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Great
Blue Heron
This
guy hunts lizards in my yard, I’ve had him steal bait
out of my bait bucket when my back was turned.
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Grits
Built
in Boca Grande, she was made to fish for Tarpon, but
my friend Don who owned her and I took her to the Bahamas
more than once.
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Gun
Cay Light
Gun Cay
is on the western edge of the Great Bahama Bank and
where I’ve gone on to the banks more than once on my
way to Abaco and Little Harbour.
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Hammerhead
Very
impressive in the 14 to 18 foot range as this one was,
I’ve seen many kinds of sharks while diving reefs off
shore Abaco. The Bull
Sharks and Tigers are the most concerning but the Hammerhead
makes me pretty nervous too.
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Helmsman’s
Station
This
is the helmsman’s station on Mayan, a classic Alden
Schooner owned by David Crosby of Crosby, Stills &
Nash. I had
a chance to sail aboard her many times in the Florida
Keys and in the Sea of Abaco.
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Heron
Head
This
is a detail of a larger painting of a Yellow Crowned
Night Heron that hunts crabs on my shoreline near the
boats.
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J
Boat
These
boats were so big, so expensive, so impressive.
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Little
Harbour
This
is my “One Particular Harbour” famous in song by Jimmy
Buffett.
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Lonesome
Dove
This
is a Bahamian Smack, one of the smaller ones that used
to be used for fishing. They race in a regatta that
takes most
of the islands boats to most of the other islands. We
attended the All Island Regatta one year held on Andros
Island.
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Mayan
at the Turtle Preserve
She was
anchored in Little Harbour with no wind and you could
see turtles all over the harbor.
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Mother
Ocean
This
image was designed for the Margaritaville Store, classic
schooner with the homecoming banner flying and the whales
welcoming them home.
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Old
Punta Rassa
This
was the scene at the base of the Sanibel Causeway many
years ago. Mullet nets drying in the sun.
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On
Stilts
Imagine
living with your boat parked under the house, this one
is down by Marco Island somewhere.
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On
the Flats
Life
on the flats in Pine Island Sound includes Tarpon.
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Over
the Waterfront
This
was my wife’s first Real Estate office on Upper Captiva
Island, It’s a great restaurant now.
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Pavones
This
is a surf break down in Costa Rica, pretty near Panama.
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Reddish
Egret
I caught
this little guy all puffed out on my neighbor’s dock.
I see all kinds of exotic bird life around here.
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Secret
Spot
All surfers
dream of a hidden surf spot like this with no one out
and perfect waves.
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Sister
Whisper
My Cross
Designed Racer/Cruiser, launched over 30 years ago with
many trips across the Gulf Stream behind her.
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Stirrup
Cay Light
Located
on Great Stirrup Cay in the Berry Islands chain. I’ve
anchored behind this lighthouse a couple times and found
lobsters where my anchor went down one time there. We
spent a week across the other side of the pass between
there and Great
Harbour Cay once while the wind blew in the 30’s.
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Upper
Captiva Lagoon
Just
inside the Gulf of Mexico this little lagoon is a sanctuary
for all kinds of wildlife activity, birds in particular.
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Waiting
by the Mangroves
That’s
my boat waiting for me to take her out by the Mangroves
at the edge of the canal in my back yard. I moved from
a 20 acre parcel in the
mountains of Southern California to a postage stamp
with a canal leading to the Gulf of Mexico in my back
yard.
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Waiting
by the Palms
Sister
Whisper, waiting to go out sailing, impatiently if I
read her right.
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Lighthouse
Bay
Brian
and his family enjoyed this beach enough to have me
paint it for them so they could more easily remember
the good
times they had there, a beautiful spot on Eleuthera
Island, no footprints in the sand much of the time.
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