Hearts of Oak...

[jacktar51]

THe Olden days....Hearts of Oak are our ships , jolly tars are our men,we always are ready...steady boys steady....
Cant remember the rest of it, an old sea shanty anyway...(Mairzie might know?).......hope you like the picture.......Jack.

[pat1940]

Wonderful Jack, very realistic, can feel the fog, great work

[mikejl]

Great work! The details are fantastic.

[jacktar51]

pat1940....Thanks for the reply Pat...I think its a fine line between realism and painting a photograph,realism for me is trying to be realistic but keeping it looking like a painting without looking like its a photograph,if that makes sense,lol....thanks for looking.Pat....Jack

[jacktar51]

mikejl, thanks for looking...when my pictures contain lots of fog, its my way of avoiding doing lots of detail,( cheating artistically) lol...thanks for looking Mike.....Jack.

[Alexandra]

So beautiful Jack. It is as if you are there!

[Evart]

I am in aww of your work Jack, this is awesome!