Schooner Pioneer at Sunset
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The Pioneer, launched in 1885, hauled sand to iron foundries along the Delaware River, and was the first of only two cargo-carrying sloops with wrought iron hulls built in this country. She was donated to the South Street Seaport Museum in 1970. Pioneer is the last iron-hulled American merchant sailing vessel still in existence today.

I admire the elegant forms of the Pioneer in full sail. The sloop is a natural element in New York's expansive harbor, and sunset allows me to surround the muted tones of the vessel's sails with vibrant color. – N.R.

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Tall Ship Wavertree at Sunrise
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Wavertree, launched in Liverpool in 1885, was one of the last large wrought iron sailing ships built. After carrying cargoes to and from ports around the world, she was dismasted in a storm off Cape Horn and used as a floating warehouse in Chile, then a sand barge in Argentina. Wavertree was acquired by the South Street Seaport Museum in 1968.

While the Wavertree rarely moves from her berth at the Seaport Museum on the Manhattan side of the East River, I used artist's license to imagine the tall ship by the Brooklyn Bridge, bathed in the warm light of sunrise. – N.R.

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Staten Island Ferry, 1995
Print $450 unframed 18" x 12"

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The subject of this watercolor was the Staten Island Ferry. I thought the lower Manhattan skyline made a grand background for it. – N.R.

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New York Harbor
Print $450 unframed 14" x 20"

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The windows on the twentieth floor of 17 Battery Place overlook one of the world's most interesting harbors. With Battery Park, Castle Clinton and Pier A in the foreground, the scene opens up to include Brooklyn, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, Staten Island, Governors Island, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, New Jersey and the Bayonne Bridge.

I made a point of including many elements of the busy harbor with its well-known landmarks. One of the aspects of New York, which makes it a great city for an artist, is the varied waterfront. There is everything from industry and shipping to sandy beaches in the outer boroughs, and it is all eminently paintable. – N.R.

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