The white door on the lower level provides easy access to the
downstairs studio. Large windows provide ample light and, with
just one step down, it is easily accessible from the parking lot.
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The downstairs studio in the process of renovation. |
Architect Richard Bernstein and computer consultant Lee VanDerLaan
in the downstairs studio which opens to the parking lot and overlooks
the harbor. |
The NSAA parking lot is an ideal place to experiment with painting
boats of all types. |
The Bluenose arrives from Lunenberg, Nova Scotia and is met by
the Thomas Lannon on a July morning. |
A dragger refuels in late afternoon light. |
Many boats make use of the Beacon Marine docks just next door
to NSAA. |
The porch of NSAA offers a wonderful view of Gloucester
Marine Railways where boats from around the world come to be hauled
out and worked on. The two-masted schooner Westward is shown above.
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The Westward hauled out on the Ways above left, next to
draggers in for repair. A lobster boat is moored at center and
pleasure boats and lobster boats are moored along the docks ---
all awaiting your attention! |
The skyline of Gloucester is identified by City Hall. In the stairwell
of this beautiful old building are painted the names of the thousands
of Gloucester fishermen who died at sea. |
An artist painting in NSAA parking lot overlooking the Rocky Neck
causeway. |
The Gloucester skyline at sunset as photographed from the balcony
of the upstairs gallery. |
The Westward poses for an artist in the NSAA parking lot. |
The Westward |
The Thomas E. Lannon, an Essex-built schooner, sails between the
Westward and a lobster boat. |
The famous Nantucket Lightship in for repairs at Gloucester Marine
Railways. Two summers ago the Mayflower II was renovated and provided
artists with plenty of opportunities to paint. |
Gloucester Marine Railways |
Clouds over Rocky Neck and Gloucester Marine Railways where a
couple of tugboats are hauled out for painting. |
Gloucester's
City Hall photographed from the upstairs gallery. |
Gone
but not forgotten. The two shacks at the end of Rocky Neck in
the picture above were popular subjects for generations of artists.
Unfortunately a few years ago they fell into the water with a
loud splash and are no more (see photo directly above this one).
They are gone now but can still be seen in paintings done by artists
painting at the NSAA. |
Gloucester's
City Hall photographed from the upstairs gallery at sunset. |
