Wonderful, Impressionistic Oil on Linen Rough and Rocky Seascape teacups made in Portland in 1924

made in Portland in 1924

I've started paying some attention to ships in bottles

and believe it dates from the 1960's

though there are a fair number of small gilded cast bronze animals out there-- Japanese and Chinese

Wonderful, Impressionistic Oil on Linen Rough and Rocky Seascape teacups made in Portland in 1924If I saw this painting in a museum, I would covet it; I think it is just fantastic, veering into the realm of pure, painterly abstraction, but at the same time perfectly capturing the power and vastness of rough sea. The unusual vertical orientation evinces a sense of strata, all with equal intensity, from the water crashing against rocks, to a glimpse of what I assume is sky (and a curious, intense sky at that) to layers upon layers of choppy sea in