Watercolors & Oils by Sandra Smith-Poling
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Nordic Tug with Mount Rainier
W/C "Why Not". The Point Wilson Sail and Power Squadron planned a rondezvous from Port Townsend to Pleasant Harbor along the Hood Canal in Brinnon, Aug 2015. The first night we stayed in Port Ludlow and in the early morning headed for the Hood Canal Bridge. This Nordic Tug, owned and piloted by Peter Bonyun and Beth Lorber was cruising just behind us and was beautifully lit with the morning sun and had Mt. Rainier in the background. I just had to paint it.
The tug “WHY NOT” is a 1986 Nordic Tug, Hull # 6. LOA 36.4 ft Beam 11 ft Depth 3.5
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Adventuress in Port Townsend Bay
W/C The 101 ft Schooner Adventuress is seen here sailing in Puget Sound, WA. She was built in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine. Designed by B.B. Crowninshield and built by Rice Brothers Ltd.; Sailmaker was Eilson and Selsby, Boston; Sail Area 4576 sq ft; 1st owner- John Borden, Chicago and cost $50, 000. LOA 101ft 10 in LAWL 71 ft 2 in Beam 21 ft Draft 10 ft 6 in She sailed as a luxury yacht to Alaska and then was sold to the San Francisco Bar Pilots 1915-1950’s 1956 sailed to Seattle; 1960-1990’s operated by Youth Adventure Inc., and is a registered sail training ship # 15. Currently owned and operated by Sound Experience, Port Townsend, WA. My husband and I were sailing instructors aboard her in the 1070’s and 1980’s. My daughter Victoria, also apprenticed on her and my son, Andrew, has taken the sail training twice and plans to apprentice.
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Stewart Island
W/C Sailing the San Juan Islands, Washington in September is incredible. We started a delightful fall sail from Friday Harbor on the “Flicka”, a 20 ft classic sailboat. A beautiful day, with excellent winds let us sail into Reid Harbor on Stewart Island where we anchored. In the late afternoon a short walk across the island to Prevost Harbor provided a spectacular view and eventual sunset. I just had to capture the light and reflections in watercolor.
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Blue Peter
W/C Blue Peter, 1928, owned by James G. McCurdy pictured at anchor at Port Madison, WA. Her graceful, beautiful hull and lines, just begged to be painted. She also has quite an interesting history. She was originally built for John Graham, Seattle architect, then sold to LA businessman George Machris until 1943 when he gave her to the US Army for the war effort. In 1948 Horace W. McCurdy, the Seattle industrialist and maritime historian, bought her and restored her. Horace's son James, still owns her today. Designed by L.E. Ted Geary; built Lake Union Drydock Co. Seattle, WA. Length 96ft, Beam 18 ft 4 inches; Draft 9 feet; Construction: Port Orford cedar over yellow cedar frames; Teak and mahogany interior; teak decks. The aft deck was large enough to serve as a dance floor with jazz band in the Roaring Twenties.*
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Electric Forester
W/C Electric “green powered yacht” inspired by the Canadian 1920-1930 Forestry boat style. Architect: Guy Hupy, Port Townsend, WA.
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Friday Harbor
W/C Sailing the San Juan Islands in September is incredible. We started a delightful fall sail from Friday Harbor on the “Flicka”, a 20 ft classic sailboat. I especially enjoyed strolling along the harbor and just had to paint it. Friday Harbor is a town in San Juan County, Washington. The population was 2,082 at the 2007 Census Bureau estimate. Located on San Juan Island, it is the major commercial center of the San Juan Islands archipelago. It is the county seat of San Juan County. In 1845 the Hudson's Bay Company laid claim to San Juan Island. In 1850 they built a salmon curing station. A few years later they started a sheep farm. The harbor got its name from Joseph Friday, a Kanaka - a native Hawaiian man who worked at the Hudson's Bay Company's Cowlitz farm from 1841 to 1859-60. He moved north to San Juan Island and raised sheep around the harbor. Sailing ships and, later, the steamships of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet visited the harbor on a regular basis, hauling passengers, mail and freight. They took the island's bounty: apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, peas, cream, eggs, chickens, grain, salmon, and lime.
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James Bay at Sunset
W/C Scene from James Bay, San Juan Islands at sunset. We sailed from Stuart Island to James Bay and then hiked around the island and came back to a beautiful sunset. It just begged to be painted.
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Kite Flying at Lake Union
W/C A late fall day and a trip to the best kite flying area in Seattle, the old gasworks that was converted to a park. The view was spectacular with an outline of Seattle and even the ‘PUDDLE DUCK’ (a bus that goes from land into the water) was puttering through Lake Union. This was the kind of day that makes one so happy to be alive for just the shear enjoyment.
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Hail and Fairwell, McChord AFB
W/C McChord AFB, Washington with Mt Rainier in the background and a C17 taking off with the C141 on the ground. As a flight surgeon I have spent many hours on the C141, a long time backbone of the USAF airlift. Built by Lockheed Air Craft. Now, the C17 is replacing her, hence the hail and fairwell.
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Pike Place Flowers
W/C The Pike Place Market is the oldest continually operating farmers market in the United States. It is over 100 years old and is a place where farmers, craftspeople, and artists display their goods. From artful flower, fruit, vegetable displays, and salmon being tossed through the air, it is a delight of sights, smells, sounds, and characters.
Artist Note: I lived many years in Seattle and the Pike Place was a regular ritual and delight. Even after moving to Port Townsend with its own market, I still enjoy frequent visits that always lead to inspirations for paintings.
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Poulsbo
W/C Poulsbo, Washington is a delightful Nordic village on the Kitsap Peninsula. It was founded in 1882. I always enjoy visiting and painting this very colorful village. Poulsbo's strong Norwegian heritage began over 100 years ago in the late 1880's. Jorgen Eliason is credited with founding Poulsbo. Jorgen, his sister Rakel and his 6 year old son E.J. came to Poulsbo from Fordefjord, Norway, by way of Michigan in 1883. A month after Jorgen's arrival, Ivar B. Moe with his wife and three sons arrived from Paulsbo, Norway, via Minnesota. They settled at the head of the bay to develop a farm on land that has since become Poulsbo Village Shopping Center. Because of it's majestic snow-peaked mountains and fjords, Poulsbo was soon settled by many more Norwegian and Scandinavian immigrants who likened the landscape to their beautiful Norway. For many years, Norwegian was the only language spoken by the citizens of Poulsbo. In 1886, Ivar B. Moe felt there was enough people on Dogfish Bay (later named Liberty Bay) to warrant a post office. He made an application and called the new town Paulsbo. The Postmaster General misread Moe's handwriting and listed the new post office as Poulsbo. A "mosquito fleet" of steamers sailed from Seattle to Poulsbo for some 60 years, carrying passengers and freight. Poulsbo's strong ties to the water is still evident today, with the presence of three marinas on the shore of Liberty Bay.*
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Rhody Delight
The Whitney Gardens in Brinnon, Washington, come alive in the spring. The rhododendrons are not only dazzling to behold, but grow into trees. Every spring my husband and I make a trip to look at the gardens and this time I just had to paint one of the scenes after our long wet winter. The Junco birds are not shy and their black hoods are cute.
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Sculling Lake Union
W/C A late fall day and a trip to IVAR’s Salmon House on Lake Union, provided a beautiful scene of Lake Union with the sculling teams racing past. I had recently painting a sculling team in Port Townsend and decided this was a good addition. The late afternoon light gave the painting quite a warm glow.
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1947 Taylorcraft
Lana Kurtzer taught thousands of pilots to fly over a period of over forty years. He had a seaplane base at the south end of Lake Union, Seattle, Washington. This 1947 Taylorcraft was one of two that he operated on Lake Union and was the one that my husband Mitch learned to fly. This scene is from 1982, this area is now a park. Mitch loved to take off from Lake Union in the Taylorcraft, fly out over Puget Sound a few hundred feet high, and admire the beauty of Puget Sound, the sailboats below, the surrounding Cascade and Olympic mountains, and the mighty snow covered Mount Rainier and Mount Baker volcanos to the south and to the north.
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Odyssey
W/C The sea scout/boy scout training yawl sailing in Puget Sound. Built 1938 by Henry Nevera, NY for Mrs. Barkley Henry as auxiliary yacht. Purchased by the navy 1941 to use as a sub-snooper, to drop coast watchers in WWII, and to test electronic equipment until 1978. Purchased in 1978 as a sail-training vessel by Mt. Rainier Scout Council, Tacoma, WA.
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Paddle Journey
W/C James Bay in the San Juan Islands. A beautiful August evening with a glowing sunset just begged to be painted. Quite an adventuress day for we sailed from Stuart Island on our 29 ft Islander, the PALOMA. As we docked, I fell overboard (that was a first)! The float coat I was wearing kept me dry from the waist up. It was great. Everyone had a good laugh. We enjoyed hiking around the island and then relaxing at this sunset
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Pride of Baltimore
W/C The "Pride of Baltimore" is a topsail schooner built along the lines of a nineteenth-century Baltimore clipper. She is a youth training ship owned by the state of Maryland and operated by Pride of Baltimore, Inc. She has sailed the West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, South America and European waters. She has a crew of 11. LOA: 170 ft; Beam: 26 ft; Draft: 12 ft 4 in; wood hull
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