cat 2

Oil · 2026-09

cat 2, 2026 — oil painting by Ray Patrick

Boats, Seascapes, Oil

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Subject

A white motor yacht moored close in a harbour, its mast running the full height, with a wooded far shore and more boats beyond.

Composition

The boat sits low and fills the lower half, cropped by the right edge; the mast divides the upper half. The far shore runs level behind and the water opens between.

Palette

Ultramarine and cobalt through the water and sky, with the hull in bone and lavender. A stroke of vermilion on the far dock and an ochre fitting on deck are the only warm notes.

Handling

Thick and square — the hull is laid in a few loaded strokes with the knife and left, and the water is dragged horizontally beneath it. The rigging is scratched in with the point over dry paint.

Medium and support

Oil, photographed as a page of a portfolio book — the binding is visible at the right edge.

Signature

Lower right, indistinct within the painted area.