While there are several very good contemporary artists who do paintings of ships, Stephen Card is today’s premier marine painter. His paintings are not only technically accurate depictions of ships, they convey the spirit and character of these vessels.
Captain Card knows ships. His first career was as a deck officer on merchant ships and later as the Harbor Master in his native Bermuda. It was not until a cruise line executive happened by chance to see a painting that Card had done for his own amusement that Card became a full time artist.
Since then Captain Card has done more than 90 paintings for Holland America Line and has an extensive collection on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria as well as paintings on other cruise ships and in private collections. Because he researches each ship that he paints, Captain Card has a deep knowledge of the history of passenger ships. This has enabled him to write two books that are as much about maritime history as they are about art.
I spoke with Captain Card recently and the interview is posted at: http://www.beyondships.com/Cruise-people-card.html
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