Drydocked at Sunrise, Lower Mississippi River, New Orleans, watercolor on paper, 12 x 15.5 inches New Orleans is called the "Crescent City" because the river makes a deep curve there, bending sharply around Algiers Point. H ere the river narrows and plunges to a depth of 200 feet, the deepest point in the river. As I often did on one of my man)' visits to New Orleans, I took the ferry with camera in hand from the foot of Canal Street to Algiers Point. It used to be free; now it costs two dollars-exactly. No change is given, so ifall y ou have is a five, yours becomes a fivedoLLar trip. On this particular morn ing, we passed the p addlewheeler M ississippi Queen, in dry dock at BoLlinger Shipyard. With the sun's rays just breaking over the horizon and bathing her upper decks, she Looked especially beautiful. From the deck ofthe ferry, I could see and hear the early stirrings of men organizing for the tasks ahead, and I snapped away in fuLL confidence that there was a painting in there somewhere. BoLlinger Shipyards on Algiers Point was founded by Donald Bollinger in 1946 and is still fam ily-owned and thriving. A Louisiana institution, it is a p rimary builder of US Coast Guard cutters and a significant employer in the region.
The Rivers: A Celebration of Life and Work on America's Waterways • 4 February-27 March 2017, Sc. Louis Mercantile Library, University of Missouri-Sc. Louis • 1 July-30 September 2017, C hanne l Islands Maritime Museum, O xnard, Ca li forn ia • 6 May- 15 Ju ly 2018, Evansville M useum of Arts, Hisrory & Science, Evansville, Indiana • 3 August-27 Ocrober 2018 , Eri e Maritime M useum, Erie, Pennsylva nia • C heck the artist's website for additional venues. Casting Off, Lower Mississippi River, Mile Post 174, watercolor on paper, 12 x 15.5 inches Daven Anderson is a graduate of the US Naval Academy. He was trained in nuclear engineering and served four years aboard US Navy submarines. Daven has Lived on or near the water his entire Life, Living in Chicago; Groton, Connecticut; Charleston; and Cleveland; now he resides in St. Louis along the mighty Mississippi. He was named an official US Coast Guard artist in 2 01 2. H e is the managing director of the American Society ofMarine Artists and is executive director of the Missouri Watercolor Society. To learn more about Daven Anderson and view his paintings online, visit his website at www.davenanderson.com.
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