The Painting
'Cousin Jack'
'Rebecca'
Tony Warren was a well-known Falmouth artist who was born in
1930 and died 1994. When visiting Falmouth in 1997, I saw a painting of
Falmouth working boats on display in a gallery. It was a limited, printed edition of a
watercolour by Tony Warren, and because I liked it so much, I bought it without
hesitation.
The painting depicts two Falmouth ‘B’ Class working boats on
a broad reach, racing under full sail towards the finish line off the Royal
Cornwall Yacht Club – or at least, that’s my interpretation of what is
happening.
They are number 14, ‘Cousin Jack’, and number 24, ‘Rebecca’.
The artist cleverly captured the atmosphere and light setting so typical of
Falmouth on a glorious summer afternoon. He portrayed the excitement of the duel
between these vessels as they broad-reached up the Penryn River towards Flushing
which is beyond the field of vision to the right.
Links
Tony Warren's Sketchbook
'Falmouth-born Painter of Ships and the Sea'
Tony Warren
Falmouth Working Boats
Falmouth Working Boats
Falmouth Working Boats
‘Cousin Jack’ No 14
‘Rebecca’s’ Page No 24
3 comments:
Hello Bill, lovely painting. I have a watercolour of a Thames barge by the tide-mill in Woodbridge, by John Sutton, a local artist.
'Sandpiper' went for £680, so the present owner took quite a hit on his purchase price. Apparently he never got to sail her because he couldn't get around in her.....
Richard,
I was surprised he bought her, because he never went inside the boat before parting with his money.
That was a shame he didn't sail her, because she would have been perfect for Grafham Water.
Cheers,
Bill.
My father has a copy of this too!
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