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About the painting “Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op”
In 1989, I traveled to Port Townsend to see some old friends with whom I had rebuilt boats. I also wanted to explore the possibility of relocating my small family and home to the Northwest.
I immediately developed an affinity for the harbor area and ventured forth with my painting gear.
Happening upon a nearly empty field near Haines Place, I came across an incredible composition at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op that drew me in. I felt compelled to render this scene.
About the co-op
Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op had been formed only 8 years previous to my rendering. Servicing the Alaskan fishing fleet and wooden yachts of the Pacific Northwest, a group of like-minded craftsmen formed the Co-op. They shared a bond with their love for wooden boats.
This historic and nearly empty field depicted in 1989 near Haines Place is now a bustling hub of boat repair and harbor businesses.
The famous Western Flyer was currently under renovation at the Co-op years later. (Author John Steinbeck had put out to sea in this fishing vessel in a 1940 marine specimen-collecting expedition. The expedition became the basis of his 1951 non-fiction book, “The Log from the Sea of Cortez”. This was considered to be one of Steinbeck’s most important works.)
Related artwork
See Scott Kennedy’s watercolor painting “Criteser Moorage”, the rendering of another Pacific Northwest shipyard. Also, check out his oil painting “Western Flyer: Agua Verde” depicting the famous ship currently undergoing restoration in Port Townsend.
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