Cutty Sark Cracking On
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Cutty Sark Cracking On captures the legendary tea clipper in her element, powering across open ocean under full sail, as she would have appeared during her glory days of the 19th-century clipper ship races.
Built in 1869 by Scott's Shipbuilding in Greenock, Scotland, the Cutty Sark stands as one of the last surviving examples of the tea clipper. She was designed for speed above all else, and achieved remarkable voyage times from the ports of China back to London.
The clipper ship era was a dramatic period in maritime history. Fortunes depended on being first to market with the new season's tea from China; a ship that could shave days off the passage might command premium prices for her cargo. The Cutty Sark earned her reputation for exceptional speed, becoming one of the fastest and most celebrated clippers of her generation. In later years she served in the Australian wool trade.
Today, the Cutty Sark is preserved and can be seen today as a museum ship at Greenwich in London. I created this painting after visiting the ship there.
This painting was awarded the ArtMarine prize at the Royal Society of Marine Artists' Afloat or Ashore competition hosted at the Exeter customs house in 2024. It's signed GS in the bottom left and dated 2024 on the lower right.
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