Private Commission - Family Sailing Holiday
A family sailing yacht is shown under way in a fresh breeze, heeling gently with figures in the cockpit and a Norwegian flag streaming from the stern. The painting was commissioned as a personal memento to show their specific boat on a specific day, and to show the people who were aboard.
Yacht portrait commissions like this are composed from the client's own photographs, combined with wider reference including class photography and builder's plans for accurate detail. The aim is to capture the boat accurately but also the atmosphere of the day: the light, the sea state, the rig, so that the painting is a true memory of the day.
What the painting was built on
For this painting, I drew largely on photographic reference provided by the client. I also found imagery of other Grand Soleil yachts and the builder's plans in order to clarify points of detail and check the accuracy of my drawing.
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If it's sailing that interests you, perhaps in a different sea state, a different time of day or a specific location, I can paint a variation of a similar scale and spirit. And if it's a different subject entirely, the same research and approach applies.
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