The Shipwreck – original painting

Inspired by a photograph of a shipwreck off the Lizard Peninsula in 1898 this original painting by David Raine is simply entitled ‘The Shipwreck’.

What I particularly liked was the small group of locals watching on the rocks above the square rigged barque says David, were they waiting to help rescue the crew or were they simply waiting for the cargo to be flung ashore by the waves?

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 painting is painted in acrylic on canvas, the work is unframed, but is ready to hang.

Size: 122 x 92 cm (48 x 36 inches)