A further trio is offered, these charcoal studies for my next three stones.
Studio Barge- I built it, which may be of small historical importance, but many a maritime concept was wrestled with aboard here for upwards of 40 years.
Hard Lee-Sitting one day on a Wiscasset bank and studying the wreckage that the war of time had waged on the bows of the old four-master Hesper- it suddenly occurred to me that I had it within my power to bring her to life . This is the result- the anatomy of tacking a large schooner, a theme like many of my others: ordinary enough but never before handled pictorially. These fascinate me ...
The Coal Pirate-An attempt at a most intimate glimpse of New York Harbor. I have already made a " River Pirate"-and a contemplating Iron , Brass and Hemp pirates. These are most close to me. One must avoid the risk of becoming rich and vulgar. A risk run by artists who raise too many sails, especially so if one billows headsails with the wind aft.
SEA HISTORY, SUMMER 1977