Starting Line Chaos – original painting

This original art piece by David Raine called ‘Starting Line Chaos’ shows the thrilling start of an ‘International 14’ yacht race.

The ‘International 14’ is a UK sailing boat crewed by two people. It is a fast and fun dinghy with a long history. The class started in 1928 with wooden hulls, though nowadays the hulls use modern carbon fibre materials and are very advanced.

David used to own one for many years and raced in various championships. It was a wild class then and still is now as the beginning of the race is always chaotic.

David’s love affair with the coast and sea developed from early childhood; with salt in his blood, it’s a theme that courses through much of his work.

Living in Cornwall, David produces a range of products that include table lamps, mirrors, small furniture pieces and paintings that represent the very essence of the shoreline.

When I was seventeen, I hitch-hiked to St Ives and bought a fisherman’s/painters smock, had half a pint in the Sloop Inn whilst looking out over the harbour, blinked into the midsummer sun glaring across the turquoise sea and fantasised that I was a painter.

How easy dreams start! At that time I sailed a 10.6’ dinghy on the Bristol Channel, now after all these years, I sail an 11’ foot dinghy on the Helford River estuary in Cornwall. Who cares if it’s only a smidgen of progress in sixty years?

This original mixed media painting has been created on a deep canvas with a pallet knife and brush giving lots of texture to the piece. The work is unframed, but is ready to hang.

Size: 50 x 4 x 50 cm (20 x 1.5 x 20 inches)