Maarten Platje

The American Whaler Massachusetts Leaving Nantucket

2018

Signed lower left The painting depicts Reliance in the first race of the 1903 Americas Cup. Sailed off Sandy Hook with a clear sky and a 12 knot breeze Reliance is shown with her ra...

Signed lower right The painting depicts Shamrock iii during the second race of the 1903 Americas Cup. With Clouds of spray flying from her bow and streaming a foaming wake astern Capt Bob Wringe is shown straining at the helm of Shamrock. Wringe draws every inch of speed from his charge as he valiantly gives chase to Reliance during the first leg of the race. Shamrocks well trained crew lie flat along the windward rail while others stand by at their stations ready to trim sails as required. This race was remarkable for the performance of her crew as they battled desperately to stay in touch with Reliance around the 30 mile course. Sir Thomas Lipton watches...

Landscape oil painting of a clearing along Vermont's famed and picturesque Mad River. The scene shows a shallow part of the river with sandy shores and a small ford or waterfall by a...

American, b. 1939 Prominent 21th Century American landscape artist Peter Poskas has been painting New England for more than three decades. While his earliest pieces were reminiscent...

Represented by George Billis Gallery in New York City. Jeffrey Vaughn, from Alton, Illinois, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1978 from Washington University, St. Louis, ...

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- When I think about the conventions of painting -- a tradition I respect immensely -- I notice that my concern has always been with ...

Georges Lapchine 1885-1951 Russian "Matin d'Hiver en Russie" (Winter Russian Morning) Oil on canvas Signed lower left Canvas : 21 5/8" high x 28 3/4" wide Frame: 29 7/8" high x ...

Cowboys trying to run out of the storm on this cold rainy day of cattle herding on the ranch. A cowboy in a wagon being pulled by four brown and black horses is herding the longhorns...