Maritime Art: Reuben Margolin Making Waves
Reuben Margolin makes amazing kinetic sculptures that include among other things, waves. I highly encourage you to watch the below video in full screen mode because #1 it’s HD, #2 it demonstrates why...
View ArticleFotoFriday: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Visited the New Bedford Whaling Museum this afternoon for a quick run through the “Classic Whaling Prints” exhibit that opened today and snapped this cool diorama which is part of the show. If you can...
View ArticleMoby Monday: Frank Stella and Herman Melville
The Grand Rapids Museum of Art currently has an exhibition of a modern master who get inspiration from a literary classic: MOBY-DICK: Frank Stella and Herman Melville. If you have never experienced...
View ArticleFotoFriday: Fred LeBlanc’s Windjammers Downeast
Earlier this week I received a copy of Fred LeBlanc’s new mini-coffee table book, Windjammers Downeast as well as an accompanying set of beautiful photo postcards. I met Fred when I was at the...
View ArticleFotoFriday: Jenny Holzer’s “Wave T”
Last Sunday the NY Times celebrated the 5th Anniversary Issue of it’s Style Magazine with the above image on the cover. Look closely and you’ll see the sea. The cover was created by one of the art...
View ArticleOcean Obsessions and Love Lines
I’ve chronicled more than a few obsessions on Sea-Fever over the years and it could be argued that this blog is itself a bit of an obsession. A couple of posts that immediately come to mind are 15...
View ArticleShiver me timbers! Not All Tallships people like sea shanties!
That’s according to a short sea story told by Bowsprite, one of the most amazing ports of call on the Internet. Please do yourself a favor and check out this maritime treasure. Posted in maritime art,...
View ArticleMoby-Monday: “It is not down in any map; true places never are.”
Jeremy Wood is a multidiscipline artist and map maker whose diverse work offers people and places a playground of space and time. In October 2000 he began to explore GPS satellite technology as a tool...
View ArticleThe Restoration and Reconstruction of Verbeeck’s Battle
Interesting video of the restoration and reconstruction of an amazing maritime painting at the National Gallery. Filed under: maritime art Tagged: art, maritime art, National Gallery, Verbeeck
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