Through decades when landscape then Regionalist figure paintings were the dominant themes, he steadfastly painted square riggers, whaling ships, private yachts, and the new and mighty, metal sided U. S. Naval ships. He saw the sea as masculine, and his craving to do something powerful compelled him to paint it. To date the family knows the names of almost 800 paintings that he completed, but the present locations of most of them are unknown. Almost as soon as he finished one it was purchased and out of the studio. The photograph is crucial since he painted multiple versions of the same ship.
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It is hoped that the book will be completed in 1997. Nancy Moure, Art Historian, has a masters degree from UCLA and was assistant curator in American Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for fifteen years. Her specialty is California Art. She is currently completing a book on the history of California paintings.