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http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/...f_stream_1.jpg

Nice painting, but do you think it is realistic?

No, Joe.

It doesn't look very realistic at all.

The seas aren't quite right - the hatches are just plain silly, the
warps
don't make any sense at all, and the skipper looks like he has a bad
attitude and huge feet!


What about the seas in this picture Donal?:


http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/dbcours...FogWarning1885
..jpg

This picture made me stop dead in my tracks.

The seas are innacurate - the boat isn't quite right - and yet the picture
really affects me.



Who do you think paints or ever painted the best Sea paintings?

I cannot answer your question.
I wish that I could appreciate art, but I cannot. Many years ago, I visited
the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. My wife cried while she looked at one
painting. I was only able to understand her reaction because music often
does the same thing to me.



Regards


Donal
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