Nicole Hammer’s Salty Art
August 27, 2025
The artist’s love for the coast inspires her photorealistic paintings.
The artist’s love for the coast inspires her photorealistic paintings.
Maine’s soft light and rough coast inspire this work.
In the painting “Bow On,” essential elements of sailing converge.
Painter John Barber depicts historic skipjacks still in service.
In The Life Line, the artist depicts the heroic rescue of a woman from a sunken ship.
The Maine-based painter encourages students to observe and paint dynamic marine surroundings.
The schooner American Eagle comes around Owl’s Head at the mouth of Penobscot Bay in Maine in the painting Breaking Storm by Carol L. Douglas.
A marine art gallery in Stonington, Connecticut, is an oasis for those smitten by the sea
Ed Parker’s painting, The Lobster Trap, was inspired by a story in The Boston Globe about the environmental impacts of climate change on lobster fisheries in the Gulf of Maine.
Boat propulsion often starts life as a terrestrial engine. Giving it sea legs is more complex than you might think
Artist Nancy Tankersley captures scenes of busy watermen in the Chesapeake.
A professional mariner prepares his Hans Christian 34 for this epic competition.
A new USCG-approved buoyancy aid offers saltwater anglers more comfort and mobility—but it’s built for calm, protected waters, not offshore runs.
This couple says their Grand Banks 46 Classic Good Enough turned out to be everything its name promised, and then some.
Chanticleer, a 108-foot Burger motoryacht, brings a remarkable slice of American yachting history to Watch Hill, Rhode Island.
Maritime artist Michael Keane was known for his use of color and fine detail, which imbued his works with a romantic atmosphere. In Reaching Cats, he captures the serenity of a summer day on the water in New England.
A well-designed solar system ensures your boat’s batteries stay charged and systems run without noisy generators or shore power. But installation can be complicated. Here’s what you need to know.
After his wife had a stroke that made their 50-foot trawler unusable, a husband commissioned a handicapped-accessible power cat. They took delivery in May 2021, and for the rest of the summer, with family and friends, they explored the waters near their house.
Maritime artist Jan Min creates dreamlike watercolor compositions
