The Toy Boat Series
set of four acrylic/mixed medium paintings, 11"x 14" each
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After seeing a toy boat at an antique auction in Maine, Ed Parker got caught up in the bidding and ended up taking it home. Ed was always taken with old vintage tin toys, each having a certain honesty about them that invites creative possibilities. Given his inclination for all things nautical, he used these toy boats as the subject for these four paintings. The toy boat series of paintings is based on stamped lithographed tin toys. Most of the toy boats from1880 to the early 1900's were made either in Germany or France.
the tugboat
(with several 19th century tugboats complementing the ‘toy tug’)
the steamship
(note the early 20th century ocean liner coming into view on the left)
the sailboat
(note the America's Cup Race Yacht contender from that period on the right coming around the lighthouse)
the rowboat
(a crew in a tender from a late 19th century luxury yacht)
