The photographer who made of the Dells of the Wisconsin River known all around the USA was Henry Hamilton Bennett He helped make his city into a major tourist spot.
Bennett was born in Canada but raised in Brattleboro, Vermont. In 1857, he moved with his father and uncle to Wisconsin, settling in the city [...]
Elton Bennett (1910-1974) saw the creative potential in silkscreen or serigraph printing because it offered so many possibilities for changing and developing his compositions over time. He used a great number of screens and color combinations with any particular image, so that each individual print was truly unique. The look he created is [...]
Tagged Elton Bennett, Grays Harbor, Hoquiam, Pacific Northwest, serigraph, silk screen print, WashingtonThe FV Mr Morgan is 58.8′ in length, weighing 87 gross tons, built in 1978, captained by Steve Fitz of Half Moon Bay, California. Its home port is Pillar Point Harbor, the gateway to northern California’s Monterey Bay. After noticing the boat several times, impressed by its great size and dark hull standing out from [...]
Tagged California, Cape Cod, flatfish, Half Moon Bay, Massachusetts, petrale sole, pillar point harbor, sand dab, Scottish seining, Steve FitzOutstanding murder mystery with an Atlantic fishing village setting! Even this demanding reader was pleased! Try Fisherman’s Bend yourself–or Slipknot, also by Linda Greenlaw (New York: Hyperion, 2008).
Greenlaw,skipper of the fishing boat Hannah Boden was linked personally to the crew of the fishing vessel Andrea Gail, whose tragic end was central to the book [...]
Who speaks up for water? Who helps us understand how vital water is to every living thing (including ourselves)? Ned Tillman is one who does.
Tillman’s new book,The Chesapeake Watershed, helps create a sense of this special place. It also calls people to action to help save the Bay. A blend of natural [...]
Steve Hills sold his first watercolor to his fourth grade teacher! While still in art school, he worked for Bryant Galleries. During military service, Hills ran the graphics department of the Berlin Brigade.
For several years, the versatile Hills worked in commercial illustration and design in Louisiana and California. He graduated from the Art [...]
Phil Cusumano has lived the very truth of his subject, commercial fishing, both as a marine artist and a sea captain. These exciting paintings drop you in the middle of the action! Most will find his strong color hues also drawing you to his art.
He works both in the present and the past, [...]
A renaissance man, Ron Conry studied art history in college. His media include not only oil, watercolor, and photography, but also engraving in fine metals.
His art is seen at regional shows in New Jersey, Maine, and Vermont. Conry has just recently joined The Art Gallery in Stowe, VT.
As you can see by my four [...]
This Minnesotan originally comes from California. Brian Stewart’s excellent paintings are renown for “funk, junk and antiquity!” Floats my boat. . .
His first career was advertising, but twenty years ago fine art claimed him. Not only a fine studio painter, he is devoted to working plein air as well.
Stewart teaches painting too: his next gig [...]
The passing of one of Discovery Channel’s favorite fishing captains, Phil Harris, occurred last week after he suffered a stroke.
Appearing in all five seasons of filming “Deadliest Catch,” Harris’ fishing vessel was the Cornelia Marie. Besides the publicity shot, I found several other artistic tributes to his beloved boat, shown here.
As a memorial [...]
