Wonderful, Impressionistic Oil on Linen Rough and Rocky Seascape Damascene jewelry and the Munson Steamship line

and the Munson Steamship line with service from New York to Havana

dated 1978

This varnished box has a wonderfully rich patina

I'm not sure if stuffed with sawdust or what

but I think it's fabulous--with this early locomotive coal train hand-drawn over and over on old plywood panel in what appears to have been a black marker

Wonderful, Impressionistic Oil on Linen Rough and Rocky Seascape Damascene jewelry and the Munson Steamship lineIf I saw this painting in a museum, I would covet it; I think it is just fantastic, veering into the realm of pure, painterly abstraction, but at the same time perfectly capturing the power and vastness of rough sea. The unusual vertical orientation evinces a sense of strata, all with equal intensity, from the water crashing against rocks, to a glimpse of what I assume is sky (and a curious, intense sky at that) to layers upon layers of choppy sea in