American Merchant Mariner's Memorial 3 Metal Print

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The American Merchant Mariners' Memorial was installed near this location. Designed by the sculptor Marisol Escobar, this memorial is located just south of Pier A on a rebuilt stone breakwater. It is a representation in bronze of four merchant seamen with their sinking vessel after it had been attacked by a U-boat in World War II. The design includes one of the seamen in the water, submerged with each high tide. The memorial was commissioned by the American Merchant Mariners' Memorial, Inc., chaired by Lane Kirkland, and was dedicated on 8 October 1991.

I am 70 years old now. I began painting water colours and oils while at The Doon School, Dehradun, India, under the guidance of Rathin Mitra. Rathin did excellent linework and has sketched most of the significant monuments of Calcutta and also many other national monuments, cities, towns and landscapes. While in college in the early 70s I discovered the artist in me, when I began sketching with a passionate frenzy. That is the time I broke out of traditional forms and discovered Picasso and his contemporaries. Around this time I created a large number of watercolour landscapes with quick brush strokes creating patterns and colours that fascinated me. I also began experimenting with distorted figures and faces. Around the same time I saw...