Accession Number: 2025-012-05
Original work: Oil on Linen
Original size: 10 by 30 inches
This was the scene on Tuesday 27 August 2024 shortly after I had disembarked from USS Nebraska onto an escort vessel on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. After a very loud “pop,” the streams of water and air from the bow and stern was pumped out and water vapor pumped in to allow the 14th of the Ohio-class submarines to submerge. Unlike the 45-second crash dives depicted in World War II movies, the SSBN takes several minutes to disappear beneath the waves.
Why I chose this topic:
Witnessing a submarine was something I’d never seen in real life before, and it turned out to be quite a show. Like so many of my paintings, it’s very difficult to show motion in a still shot, but this one had to be recorded.
Painting Details:
This painting was completed on 21February 2025. It has been roughly a three-week project. I used a pre-gessoed smooth Centurion linen to aid in detail and I stretched the linen.The painting was accomplished using oil paints, Neo-Megilp (Gamblin) gel medium and was varnished with a 50/50 mixture of Gamsol odorless mineral spirits and Galkyd (both Gamblin products.)
Reproduction Size:
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