Legends of Buccaneer Bay, painting and prints

"Legends of Buccaneer Bay"

History suggests that she’d seen service as one of the very last of the Privateers -- freebooters commissioned by the Continental Navy to harass and prey upon enemy shipping during the bloody sea battles of the Revolutionary War. Of her later years, little is known. Was she sunk by a storm? Or hulled in some forgotten sea battle? Even her name is lost to history.

But one story has it that her drowned hulk was scooped from the sandy sea floor by a mighty storm surge and deposited upon a high dune, during one of the many hurricanes that periodically reshape the Carolinas’ coastlines. Now exposed to the elements, her timbers gradually succumbed to, wind, weather, and the ravages of time.

Years later, following yet another hurricane season, a local beachcomber reported that the great hulk had simply vanished, leaving not a trace.

But had she returned to her eternal rest?

You might hear yet another legend that’s still told in low dives and seamen’s saloons along the Outer Banks and Inland Waterways: On certain nights when the full moon hangs low over the sea, lighting a shimmering path to the horizon... when scudding clouds traverse the sky and a busy onshore wind whispers through the scrub, bowing tall grasses along the dunes... you might just come upon the ragged nameless hulk of a sailing ship, risen once again, out of time, from the silent depths... mysterious lights aglow, shapeless forms lurking on her deck, still flying her bloody-red "Jolly Roger" -- the dreaded warning that once terrorized her prey with the threat, "No quarter given!"

My good friend Cap'tn Mac, authority on all things piratical, makes the following suggestion:

"Aye, Matey. Should ye chance upon this scurvy wreck some moonlit evening as ye stroll the barrier beach, I recommend that ye resist any impulse to more closely explore this 'Legend of Buccaneer Bay!'"

Premiere Limited Edition Print of Legends of Buccaneer Bay

Legends of Buccaneer Bay is the latest of a series of signed & numbered Limited Edition prints close to each original painting's size, produced to extremely high standards on fine art paper, in an edition of 150, through the wonderfully faithful Giclée process. At left is a comparison of relative sizes in Large Format vs. Premiere Edition size.

This Premiere Limited Edition print image measures 17" high x 22" wide, on 22" x 28" Arches archival 100% cotton fiber print paper.

$169.00 including Priority Mail shipping to the US and Canada.

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LARGE FORMAT AND MEDIUM FORMAT PRINTS

Legends of Buccaneer Bay has been meticulously scanned from my original watercolor and digitally printed with fade-resistant inks on specially treated heavyweight watercolor paper. I personally inspect your print, sign it, slip it into its protective clear plastic envelope, and include with it a page of helpful framing hints from The Haunted Studio.

LARGE FORMAT PRINT (13" x 19")

The image measures 12" x 16" on 13" x 19" paper. Your finished, perfect print is carefully packaged for Priority mailing to you. $59.00, Priority Mail postage FREE in US or Canada.

MEDIUM FORMAT PRINT (11" x 14")

The image measures 7.5" x 9.5", within a charcoal-over-white double mat, plus rigid foam-core backing, ready for any readily available 11" x 14" frame. $59.00, Priority Mail postage FREE in US or Canada.

Legends of Buccaneer Bay is also available in Small Format size
The image measures 4.5" x 6.5" within an 8" x 10" charcoal-over-white double mat, with rigid backing.
This size is ideal for framing in any standard 8" x 10" photo frame.
Small Format prints may be assorted for best prices: 1 print $29.00; 2 prints $49.00; 3 prints $69.00
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Original painting, Legends of Buccaneer Bay, is available for purchase

$1400.00

The painting measures approximately 14.5" x 19" and is archivally matted and backed to about 21" x 26", carefully sealed within a protective shrink-film wrapper, ready for framing.
(I regret that I cannot offer framing services for this painting.)

Professional crating, shipping and insurance are additional, depending upon shipping destination. I will be happy to furnish cost upon request.

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