~ Colin M. Baxter: The Schooner 'Westward' Racing Past The Royal Yacht, Cowes IOW ~
A finely detailed watercolour painting by Colin M. Baxter titled 'The Schooner 'Westward' Racing Past the Royal Yacht Squadron,
Cowes, Isle Of Wight '
The painting is signed by the artist to the bottom left corner.
~ Dimensions ~
The frame has a height of 32 inches (81.5cm) and a width of 41 inches (104cm).
The painting has a height of 19.75 inches (50.5cm) and a width of 29 inches (73.5cm).
It weighs 7.43Kg.
~ Condition ~
The painting and the frame are in a very decent overall condition.
~ Colin M. Baxter ~
Colin M. Baxter is an English self taught professional British marine artist. His detailed paintings are the results of many hours of
research and knowledge of old working craft. He has been the mate of a Thames sailing barge and a gaff schooner and has also
participated in the Tall ships races, for whom he recently designed the centre of the new annual Friendship Trophy which replaced
the Cutty Sark Trophy.
Baxter has had many one-man and joint exhibitions throughout England and Europe at such shows as The Watercolour and
Drawings Fair’, The Kensington Fine Art Fair, The Affordable Art Fair and, as a lay member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists at the
Mall Galleries. Among many other exhibitions he has had a private show for HMY Britannia.
His work may be found in numerous private and public collections including the Royal Yacht Squadron and the German Maritime
Museum in Bremerhaven.
