Tugboat AGNES FOSS
by James Williamson
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26.000 x 18.000 inches
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Title
Tugboat AGNES FOSS
Artist
James Williamson
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
Tugboat AGNES FOSS at Point Wilson Lighthouse watercolor painting by artist James Williamson.
Artist James Williamson, ASMA
Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists
Pacific Coast Tugboats.
Artwork dedicated to the men of the Pacific Coast's fleet of working boats, and to the gallant vessels, which will forever live in our memory.
Classic Pacific Coast Tugboats: Gallant workboats with a history of nostalgic drama and color in tugboat operation on Pacific waters. Tugboats are a colorful and essential part of the Pacific Coast seascape today, just as they were a century ago.
Pushing their way through fierce storms to find a stricken ship a thousand miles at sea or sailing down a fairway on a summer afternoon with seagulls crying and catching rides on the boom of logs astern, tugboats are a colorful and essential part of the Pacific Northwest Coast today.
The hiss of steam and the creak of walking beams have given way to diesel and tractor power. Tugboats are a story of brave men in powerful vessels who are not afraid to take on a mighty ocean. A history of hard-hitting sea adventures of the great ships of sail and steam alike.
Tugboats on Puget Sound
Tug boating started on Puget Sound as a means of getting trees to the mills. The timber barons of the nineteenth century built their sawmills on tidewater, rigged with miles of virgin forests. Steam tugs towed the log rafts to the mills.
Sailing ships came to Puget Sound from all ports of the world. Around the Horn from Europe and East Coast ports, across the Pacific from the Orient and the Antipodes, and up the West Coast from the booming towns of California.
Originally the tugs' purpose was the towing of ocean sailing vessels to and from their intended docks. Today, engines power ships, yet they continue to require assistance of these powerful tugboats in and out of docks throughout Puget Sound.
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Comments (7)
Steve Raley
Wonderful piece; nicely done! f/v
James Williamson replied:
Thanks for your positive remarks. Living in the Pacific Northwest I am familiar with the nasty weather and it shows in this painting. The company also gives me rides on the tugs and I get a first hand view of events. Jim
Michael Porchik
Congrats on your sale
James Williamson replied:
Thank you for your positive comments. All artists require a certain amount of "recog". I enjoy painting tugs for FOSS Maritime and they allow me to be a passenger on the vessels and I get a first hand experience. Jim
Pristine Cartera Turkus
Excellent composition! Congrats on your sale James!
James Williamson replied:
Thank you for your positive comments. Althought its a 'dark' painting it has a 'story' to tell. The danger and adventure of tugboats. Jim
Gary Heller
Love this painting, James. Excellent technique in your watercolor to bring out these details, and light and shadow.
James Williamson replied:
Thank you for your positive comments. Although its a 'dark' painting it has a 'story' to tell. The danger and adventure of Pacific Northwest tugboating. ARGH! jIM
Roger Reeves and Terrie Heslop
Congratulations on your sale!!
James Williamson replied:
Thank you for your positive comments. We're up here in Ferndale! Although the painting is a bit 'dark' it has a 'story' to tell. The danger and adventure of navigating tugboats int he Pacific Northwest. ARGH! Jim
Bill Cannon
Congratulations on your sale!!!
James Williamson replied:
Always - thank you for your positve comments. Although the painting is a bit 'dark' it has a 'story' to tell. The danger and adventure of navigating the waters along the Pacific Northwest coast. We get rain and 'hurricains' from November to March. Keeps the air clean. ARGH! jIM
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