cat 3

Oil · 2026-09

cat 3, 2026 — oil painting by Ray Patrick

Boats, Seascapes, Oil

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Subject

Two yachts moored in a bay at the end of the day, a city skyline faint behind them, with the low sun laying a broken path of gold across the water.

Composition

The two hulls sit low and centrally, overlapping, with the tall mast running the full height of the picture. The skyline is a flat band behind; the reflection drops straight down from the boats to the bottom edge.

Palette

Ultramarine and cerulean through the water with the sky in cream and apricot. The skyline is lavender and dove; the gold of the reflection is the only hot passage.

Handling

The reflection is the busiest part of the picture — short broken strokes of gold and orange laid over the blue, each left separate. The hulls are flat white planes and the rigging single thin pulls.

Medium and support

Oil, photographed as a page of a portfolio book rather than as the object itself — the binding is visible at the frame's edge.

Signature

Lower centre, indistinct within the painted area.