Shane Couch

Columbia vs Defender Racing off Oyster Bay

2025

Unframed Dimensions: 30 x 40 in. Framed Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 45 1/2 in. Signed lower left The painting depicts Nat Herreshoff’s great racing schooner Ingomar racing the schooner Elmina off Great Captain Island during the Larchmont Race week 1907 at her helm is the redoubtable Charlie Barr the successful skipper of three Americas’s Cup campaigns. Ingomar was built of the wealthy financier Morton F Plant and was the first of Nat Herreshoff’s 9 great steel hulled racing schooners which included, Queen, Westward, Elena and others. She was built alongside Reliance in 1903 and joined her on the New York Yacht Clubs annual cruise of that year as Reliance tunned up to Defend the America’s Cup against Shamrock 111. In 1904 with Capt Charlie Barr at the helm and a crew of veterans from Reliance she crossed the Atlantic to race the cream of the British yachting fleet at Cowes before crossing to compete in the German regattas at Keil where with Capt Barr at the helm she famously forced the German Kaiser racing on his schooner Meteor...

Signed lower right The painting depicts the start of the third race of the 1930 America’s Cup on the 17th September. The day was ideal for racing with a 13 knot WSW breeze. Both yac...

Unframed Dimensions: 30 x 40 in. Framed Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 45 1/2 in. Signed lower left The painting depicts Rainbow leading Endeavour in the crucial race five of the 1934 Americ...

Unframed dimensions: 28 x 42 inches Framed dimensions: 34 x 48 inches Born and raised in Louisiana, Laura Cooper began life surrounded by water. Her childhood home was on the banks of the Vermilion Bayou in Lafayette. She has fond memories of watching the tugboats push barges from the Gulf of Mexico as she was sitting on her back porch. She often went on fishing trips with her family in Louisiana and Upstate New York, where her father’s family summered for generations. This early exposure to the maritime world led her to capture the beauty of sailing on canvas. Her work combines a unique relationship between atmosphere and light while maintaining a painterly feel. Her art is in collections around the world. She is a Signature Member and the Treasurer of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA). Recent awards include: 2023 Bronze medal, Regional Guild of Boston Artists Exhibition 2017 Thomas M. Hoyne III Award in the International Marine Art Exhibition at the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT 2016 Maritime Gallery Yachting Award in the International Marine Art Exhibition at the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT 2015 Rudolph J. Schaefer III Emerging Artist Award in the International Marine Art Exhibition at the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT 2008 Duxbury Art...

Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...

Yachts Navajoe and Britannia both were constructed at the end of the 1800s, commissioned by UK royalty. This painting depicts a neck-and-neck race between the two giants off the coast of Dover, England. Sailors in their white and blue uniforms can be seen on the deck of each boat. They are tying ropes down or steering the rudder, trying to get the upper hand on their opponent's vessel. This highly detailed painting has a regal presence and would make a great addition to any maritime collection. About the artist: Adrian Rigby was born in Chorley, England in 1962. He demonstrated considerable artistic talent from an early age. Rigby is an internationally recognized, award winning artist. He studied at Blackpool Art...

This atmospheric painting by James E. Butterworth depicts a group of yachts leaving New York Harbor on the annual New York Yacht Club cruise. In 1887, when this was painted, upon arr...

Yacht Racing off Cape Cod, Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011), oil on board A fine example of Vernon Broe work depicting a yacht race off Cape Cod, Massach...