LAST LIGHT
Watercolor and Mixed Media
32" x 24.5"
Ohio River - Pushing Downstream
On the M/V Mountain State, an AEP River Ops 6000 hp Tow Boat
No. 6 of 8 painted in an ongoing series of approximatly 40 works.
A year ago I began a series of works
which celebrate life and work on our inland waterways. Last fall I rode
a towboat for a few days pushing fifteen coal barges on the Ohio River.
Last Light and a number of others in the series resulted from
that trip. More recently I made two trips to the lower Mississippi
visiting shipyards and other sites of river activity and industry,
riding work boats and, as is the case of the above painting, boarding
vessels in mid-stream being loaded or unloaded. My intention is to
paint approximately 40 works portraying river work and life on all of
our major waterways.
Working the Rivers
A
month ago, I also became an 'official' Coast Guard artist, a position
that I am honored to hold and that allows me access to Coast Guard
vessels and activities anywhere they are active - Alaska, Antartica and
Kuwait included. I have made three trips to date with the Guard, two on
the Mississippi and one on the Missouri. I plan on riding with them in
September/October in Mobile Bay, the inland waterway system and the
Gulf (out of Mobile) and on the Cooper River and inland waterway system
(out of Charleston). I will be painting my first Coast Guard work later
this fall. The Coast Guard has placed my artistic 'bio' on its website
along with a link to my website.
I continually look for opportunities to capture subject material for
future works and hope to get out on the Tennessee and Illinois Rivers
sometime next year. In the meantime I continue to add works to the
series.
Daven Anderson
DavenAAnderson@gmail.com
(cell) 440-476-1597
(studio) 314-241-2339
www, davenanderson.com
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