Fishing Vessel MISS LEONA
by James Williamson
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21.000 x 16.000 inches
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Title
Fishing Vessel MISS LEONA
Artist
James Williamson
Medium
Painting - Pen & Ink Watercolor
Description
Historic fishing vessel MISS LEONA, home port Drayton Harbor, Blaine, Washington.
Pen and ink, watercolor painting by artist James Williamson.
Artist James Williamson, ASMA
Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists
Fishing vessel Miss Leona was built in 1969 in Mobile, Alabama. Originally constructed as a Gulf Coast Shrimper. Purchased in 1975 by Eythor and Hannes Westman, Miss Leona sailed from the Gulf Coast through the Panama Canal to the Pacific Northwest, reaching its home port in Blaine, Washington. The vessel was sent to Alaska to fish shrimp and worked out of Squaw Harbor Alaska for Peter Pan Seafoods. Changed over to a ground fish trawler in 1977, the Miss Leona continues to fish today. The painting illustrates Miss Leona fishing near a Russian processor during a joint American - Russian fishing venture in Alaska. Today Miss Leona's home port remains Blaine, Washington and the vessel is now owned by Ken Westman and Omar Allinson.
Painting of F V Miss Leona representing the fisherman's life in the Pacific Northwest. The tang of the salt spray, the cry of the gulls, the sixth sense of knowing where to find the fish, working the seas bravely. Swapping yarns and feeling alive, Ah! That's the life lads. A rugged life, spray flying, nerves straining. We depend on these fishing boats and their crews to harvest the bounty of the sea.
A salt spray adventure, cast off the lines and set your compass.
There were fortunes made, most of them lost in the following season, there were big seasons, tremendous runs. One thing is for sure - the pure risk of the business. A fisherman builds a boat, and she will fill his life with adventure, glamour and heroics. The fishing boat Miss Leona, Argh! Think of her lads. A bone in her teeth, knifing through heavy swells on the North Pacific.
A saltwater man, gambling that this year will be the big one. The tang of the salt spray, the roar of the wind, the smell of salt water in the air, the cry of gulls, eyes wide on the tossing deck. One more season, one more chance to experience the Fishermans life in the Pacific Northwest. ARGH! Lads! and Lassies! What a fine boat she is....
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