Our very own maritime artist

[Mike Field]

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How's this for a hidden talent in one of our members? I suppose you could call it a self-portrait, painted by the artist sailing his boat Shaula single-handed to Bermuda.

http://www.woodenboatfittings.com.au./public/Shaula.jpg
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What year was the voyage, Jack? (And do you happen to be taking commissions by any chance?)
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[Wild Dingo]

Great painting Mike... eeerr Jack?... eeeerrr okay thanks for posting the pic of the painting Mike... Jack?

who is dis man?? we seek him here we seek him there we seek him everywhere who is this Jack? tongue.gif If it sounds like Ive been watching the some obscure film about the french revolution well I have but it was so obscure I cant remember the name of it!! purple something or other maybe the pumpernikel? who knows? :rolleyes:

anyway more info Mike if you please me ol cobber! :D

[Mike Field]

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The Purple Pumpernickel? You don't mean the Purple People-Eater do you mate? Or, er, let's see, could it just possibly have been the Scarlet Pimpernel? Har.

Anyway, there's no need to seek him here. Or there, either. Jack Dillon's the man. Here we've been associating with this guy for how long? and now we find out he's been a closet painter all the time -- hiding his light under a Purple Pumpkin, in fact.

PDG, isn't it?
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[Wild Dingo]

Scarlet pumpernickel!! that was it! :D

So a quiet achiever is our Jack?... excellent painting isnt it? I wonder how he got that perspective... musta been kinda hard being out on the dinghy while paintin himself sittin back in the cockpit :eek: Pastels watercolors or oils?

[J. Dillon]

Mike,

The single handed voyage was 1986 right after the Statute of Liberty thing. The boat is a Vancouver 27' home made of F. Glass with balsa core. The guy I bought it from was finishing up a divorce. I had to complete the inside and fit her out for cruising and voyaging. I had that boat for 15 years, 11 living aboard. It took 6 days to get to Bermuda and 11 to get back to Stamford CT.

I never thought Mike would post the pix. I was moaning the woes of the writing game and was contemplating doing boat portraits to supplement my income.

Thanks Shane for the compliment. I'm sure there are many other artists here on the Forum. Maybe this will flush em out. ;)

JD