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Frotario - acrílica sobre tela 50 x 70 cm
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CASTLE HARBOUR
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CASTLE HARBOUR

Furness Bermuda Line's tug/tender abeam St.David's Lt. Ho. c. 1933.
Built by Blythswood Shipbuilding co., Glasgow 1929. Named 'Mid-Ocean'. 176ft x 33ft. Twin screws, Kincaid diesels. 600 passengers. Used as tender for Furness liners and as tug when required. In 1930 the name 'Mid Ocean' was changed to 'Castle Harbour'. Requisitioned for war work the ship was used as an escort vessel. Torpedoed off Tobago 16 October, 1942.
Oil on panel. 12 x 16
Signed and dated 2016.
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Steaming merrily along with a foamy wake all around, and the flags stretched out nearly fully horizontal - and the sun suffusing everything... Well that is how life is in Bermuda, that is were we should have been, we should have gone there long ago. A happy picture indeed!
 

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Thanks Stein,

The Furness's hotel was at Castle Harbour. The Furness liners would anchor at Murray's Anchorage, passengers and baggage were put aboard the tender and made a trip around Fort St Catherine, St David's and into Castle Harbour and passenger would stay at the hotel. Probably five miles around. Off St David's it is open deep water. I'll wager some passengers got seasick in that short run!

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A nice painting Stephen, when she had 600 passengers on board would she have had more lifeboats or are there special regulations for harbour craft?

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Lifejackets! Just about 30 minutes around the end of the island. Certificate for 'inland waters'. Normal for 'tendering' operation.

Stephen
 
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A couple of lovely portraits Stephen. The tone of your work generates the warmth of the Bermuda climate.

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[COLOR="Blue"]The perfect picture for a perfect summer's day, which it is here in the UK today just for a change. A cloud cover similarity with gentle breezes but too far from our coastline to comment on sea conditions.[/COLOR]
 

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Stephen,

A couple of lovely portraits.
You never fall into a boring realism. Your painterly brushwork is wonderful.
I'm always amazed how the color "red" or "pink?" appears in your palette.

Yet again a picturesque dream to dive into!

Emil
 

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Pink?

Old Holland Brilliant Rose/Brilliant Pink/Rose Brilliant. Easier to control than 'red'. Then if you shoot for Winsor & Newton's Turquoise de Cobalt Clair (cobalt turquoise light) and with pink and plus white, you get great greys! :)
 

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