The Sea Painter's World

The Sea Painter's World is a timely follow-up to Conway's highly successful Marine Art of Geoff Hunt (2004), presenting the considerable artistic output of Britain's leading marine painter since 2003. This volume is heavily illustrated with images ranging from large paintings to sketchbook drawings with text written by the artist himself.

The book reflects Hunt's developing career during a time in which he served a five-year term as President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, worked on large-scale paintings such as the definitive Mary Rose, and also completed numerous outdoor sketches and paintings.

The book is divided into six sections:

• The Sea Painter's World - an introduction to the artist's studio work at Merton Place, London and his plein air work on the River Thames
• Home Waters
• The Mediterranean
• In the Wake of Nelson
• North America
• The West Indies and Beyond

This concept sets Geoff's work in a broadly geographical context, showcasing the artist's freer plein air style alongside the exhaustively researched maritime history paintings to which he owes his standing as Britain's leading marine artist.

Praise for Geoff Hunt

"Geoff Hunt's pictures, perfectly accurate in period and details, but very far from merely representational, are often suffused with a light reminiscent of Canaletto"
- Patrick O'Brian

"...his paintings, perhaps more than those of any other artist, have a compelling immediacy and sense of vitality, especially in his work of the great age of sail"
- Julian Stockwin

About the Author

Geoff Hunt is a former President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. His work is represented in public and private collections worldwide, and Geoff is an expert on the Navy of Nelson and Patrick O'Brian. In 2004 The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt was published to much acclaim, presenting over 100 of the artist's key works from a thirty year career. Geoff's studio is on the site of Nelson's house at Merton Place.