Big Bottoms take 2
Zerodog
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These are photos of boat hulls in a shipyard in Beaufort North Carolina. This has been an ongoing project of mine for the past few years. The wild colors and patterns are caused by the damage, restoration and weathering of a boat's hull. To me they look like paintings.
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There is something special about sailboats in a shipyard. They sit out of the water in various stages of restoration. The hulls fully exposed for all to see. Showing what is normally hidden below the waterline.
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Some of these boats have been around the world, some have been built by hand over a very long time and have never been in the water. They are all waiting. Dreams in progress waiting for the love, time, and money. Waiting for a new adventure.
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The layers of paint have been worn down and built up telling the stories of a boats life and the places they have been. The fiberglass, wood, steel, aluminum and even concrete hulls will someday be finished and carry their owners across thousands of miles of ocean. Sailboats are self sufficient vehicles of a great escape.
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There is something special about sailboats in a shipyard. They sit out of the water in various stages of restoration. The hulls fully exposed for all to see. Showing what is normally hidden below the waterline.
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Some of these boats have been around the world, some have been built by hand over a very long time and have never been in the water. They are all waiting. Dreams in progress waiting for the love, time, and money. Waiting for a new adventure.
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The layers of paint have been worn down and built up telling the stories of a boats life and the places they have been. The fiberglass, wood, steel, aluminum and even concrete hulls will someday be finished and carry their owners across thousands of miles of ocean. Sailboats are self sufficient vehicles of a great escape.
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Tom
Here are a few more from the set.
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Thanks for great input Tom. After I finished my first set of these I was thinking they might have some value. After lots of tweaking of the originals I sort of got a process down for the color and it made them have even more pop. Now I think now, I might, maybe have something cool. I could see it in someones office or house on the wall.
This winter or fall when I am back at the coast I am planing on talking to some art galleries there and some restaurants to see if I can get something going. I will do the same here in Salt Lake, but I am not sure if they will get it. I am going to do some test prints on different media to see what looks best for these. Probably some nice thick photo rag. But glossy could be awesome too. I can do 13x19 at home on the epson. That is pretty big and will show well. But I am thinking these could look great huge. Like 4' 6'? That is $$$ print. But they would make some cool postcards too.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with testing the market, albeit on a very limited basis, with some local gallery exposure. Your greater success, though, is going to come from reaching a much broader market....going for the maximum exposure possible. The ultimate answer for you is going to be Internet marketing. Think about it....what holds out the greatest chance for success? The prospect of buyers coming from those relative few that walk into the gallery or restaurant, or the likelihood that buyers will emerge from the untold thousands shopping the Internet? Should you develop an interest along these lines, I might be able to help you succeed in putting together a feasible marketing program.
Keep up the good work,
Tom