Commercial Artists

To add to the Boat Art trend, there are many commercial artists that specialize in boat and maritime subjects... I'll try to add to these as I find them.

Ovid Osborn Ward
Military Art Gallery - naval and other
Tom Freeman - I'm going to list one source of prints here - he's just an incredible artist. A friend of mine knows Mr. Freeman personally and has a couple of his originals (lucky bum).
Andrej Belic - underwater photography
Tiller Books - a publisher that has some good art available, in addition to some fine maritime books and resources

Peter Eikenberry's Photography

Peter Eikenberry (a.k.a. Ike) runs The New Boatbuilder's Home Page list of links and other information. He also has a couple of pages with some nice photography, at least some of it for sale, either digitally or prints/cards/etc.

Peter Eikenberry's Photography - My Commercial Site
- Marine
- Nature
- Travel
- Event
- Coast Guard photography
Peter Eikenberry's Photography - My Personal Photography Site
- USCG Ships
- USCG Shore
- CGC Campbell
- USCG/DHS
- USMC Marathon
- Paris
- Published
- Washington, DC

Bob Waters

The Magnolia Framing and Art Gallery in Gautier, MS has Bob Walters as a featured artist. A retired Navy "Top Gun" pilot and TWA captain, Mr. Walters' photographic interests are largely concentrated in the area of coastal wildlife and landscapes. Recently he has moved to digital processing and control every aspect of his creations. Bob Walters has numerous magazine credits including several cover shots for Southwind Magazine.

Daniel Z. Bombigher

Mr. Bombigher, now deceased, was a yacht designer and artist whose works are still available. His plans are looks to be works of art themselves... check out the Brigantin-Ecole.

For his art, check his gallery... classic sailing craft beautifully rendered.

Danny Hahlbohm

Danny Hahlbohm is a renouned Christian artist (he painted the Footprints in the Sand that you may have seen before. I wasn't aware that he has quite an extensive array of Christian and Naval/maritime art. His "Above the Sea" gallery has ships and various ocean scenes. Below the Sea has mostly whales and other sea creatures. Check out his many works and some commentary at his Inspired Art web site.

Inspired Art - Spreading the Word of Life... through Art.

Don Kotts Marine Artist

Don Kotts has painted numerous subjects including historical and commissioned portraits of ships like Lady Washington, C.A. Thayer, Wawona and J. Marhoffer. Please review the Gallery, check the pricing and order forms, or commission your very own painting!

Maritime Art by John C. Ritter

Work Boat, Lighthouse, and Waterfowl Art of the

Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

Another commercial artists that's well worth a look... He does watercolors (including watercolored pen and ink drawings) and oils.

One thing I particularly like is that Mr. Ritter has details about the craft and provides writeups and history on his web site... an example is the Mary of Biloxi.

photoTIURA

Thanks to a Duckworks Magazine mailing list post for pointing me toward this page.

Jan Tiura was the first woman tugboat captain on San Francisco Bay... she has also been active in photography for much of her life. After driving any and all manner of tugs for years, she is making some of her photographs available at photoTIURA... really pretty stuff, much of it seen from the angle of a tug captain.