JONATHAN TALBOT
REFERENCE POINTS
- AN ARTISTIC CHRONOLOGY
IN PROGRESS
(1949-1958)
SAILING DAYS
My
sailing experiences during the 50s and 60s became the basis for many
nautical paintings and collages. This picture shows the Chauve Souris
(It means "bat" in French), an Alden running-backstay schooner
on which I learned to sail on the waters around Martha's Vineyard in
the 1950s. This picture, taken around 1925, shows her gaff rigged but
by the time I got to know her she had been re-rigged marconi style.
The Chauve Souris was owned by noted photographer Hans Van Nes who
often let his oldest sons Hans and Gordon, then aged 16 and 17, take
the boat out even when he was not aboard. Hans and Gordon were generous enough
to include me in their crew. |
To see a picture of the
Verona, the barquentine on which I sailed out of Marseille, Click
Here
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Last updated April, 2021 - Minor correction of spelling error. - JT