Colorful varieties of smaller craft surround a clipper-bow schooner yacht at her local Newport anchorage, all residing in visual sight of the Hans Stickleman boatyard. Visualized and painted by the artist Arthur Beaumont, this is a California watercolor of the most traditional sense, with a mixture of deep tones and fluid brush strokes, keeping a realistic boundary on the impressionistic influence of the region.
Undoubtably produced "Plein-Air", Beaumont would work on impulse as well as commission, often for United States Navy personnel. Here he found a illusive tranquility in Newport Harbor, and successful sought to capture and share the glossy water reflections and the slick serenity he saw.
Beaumont, one of the most noted American naval artists ever and a watercolorist capable of loose yet highly accurate depictions, shows his premier ability of recognizing beauty in a moment many others would have unknowingly passed by. His ability to make crisp detailed views with watercolors is superior.
