# Maritime art

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563>\
**Category:** For Sale & Wanted\
**Created:** [November 26, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563 "2020-11-26T13:01:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Aaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Aaron)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/1 "2020-11-26T13:01:54Z")

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Hi all,

This is my first post in the forum and I’d like to raise awareness of my dad’s maritime artwork.

My dad, Michael Hepburn is a pastel artist from Greenock with a keen interest in maritime work. Greenock, along the Clyde Coast in Scotland, has a strong history and tradition of shipbuilding, and so maritime became his favourite subject matter.

To provide a little background, his work has been exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine arts, The Pastel Society in London and a variety of other galleries throughout the UK. His work resides in a number of private collections; namely those of the McLean Museum, the late Sir Arnold Clark, Clydeport, Clyde Maritime Trust, Norman Godman, Cory Tugs, Clyde Shipping Tugs and Karlsen Shipping.

A number of his works have been made into prints and cards, and you can view the maritime scenes in this section of the website: [hepburnfineart.co.uk/maritime/](https://hepburnfineart.co.uk/maritime/)

If you have any questions just let me know.

Regards,

Aaron.

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**Author:** ![Emrobu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/emrobu/32/6696_2.png) [@Emrobu](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Emrobu)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/2 "2020-11-26T14:21:47Z")

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These are terrific!

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**Author:** ![Aaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Aaron)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/3 "2020-11-26T15:05:53Z")

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Thanks @Emrobu! Do you recognise any of the scenes?

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**Author:** ![Emrobu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/emrobu/32/6696_2.png) [@Emrobu](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Emrobu)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/4 "2020-11-26T16:43:27Z")

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The Riverside Museum for sure.

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**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/5 "2020-11-26T18:07:40Z")

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The tall ship Glenlee at the museum is worth a look if you are ever in Glasgow.

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**Author:** ![Aaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Aaron)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/6 "2020-11-26T20:59:12Z")

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@Emrobu @Hogsnort Where are you both from?

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**Author:** ![Emrobu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/emrobu/32/6696_2.png) [@Emrobu](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Emrobu)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/7 "2020-11-26T23:35:23Z")

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Newfoundland, but I did my last batch of STCW courses in Glasgow.

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**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/8 "2020-11-26T23:58:55Z")

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New Zealand but I did some courses in Scotland many years ago but toured more recently.

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**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/9 "2020-12-22T17:12:27Z")

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nice pics, thx.

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**Author:** ![Aaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Aaron)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/10 "2020-12-23T20:23:33Z")

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Thanks @jimrr. Are you from Scotland?

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**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-art/57563/11 "2020-12-24T01:52:16Z")

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No, mtns. Of NE Oregon, USA.
