Category: Marine Life & Seascapes

Shown below are seascapes and marine life oil paintings. They are original works of art and not prints, reproductions or otherwise of any kind.

Sea of Galilee at Capernaum

Sea of Galilee Holy Lands painting

© Copyright 2005 – Present

Size: 20″ x 16″
Support: Stretched canvas
Description: A rendition of modern day Sea of Galilee at the shores of Capernaum. This painting comes in a complimentary frame and arrives at your door ready to hang on the wall.

Purchasing Information
$360 Plus S/H




Artist Comments: The Sea of Galilee a large freshwater lake located in northeast Israel, between the Golan Heights and the Galilee region. The Jordan River is its main source of water. The lake is approximately 13 miles long and 8 miles wide.

This painting is of the famous Bible place was inspired by my love of God’s word and readings about Jesus in the Bible. I love Israel because God’s chosen people live there. I have never visited Israel, however, I would love to go there someday. The painting was composed from a photo in the “Pictorial Library of Bible Lands”. The photographer, Todd Bolen, graciously gave me permission to use his photos for any of my Bible land paintings.

According to Matthew 4:13-22, this historic biblical location is where Jesus began His ministry and called His first disciples. This passage tells us Jesus left Nazareth and went to Capernaum. While walking along the banks of the Sea of Galilee Jesus called the first four of His disciples Simon called Peter, Andrew, James and John.

Other scripture references about Capernaum: Matthew 8:5, 11:23, 17:24; Mark 1:21, 2:1, 9:33; Luke 4:23, 4:31, 7:1, 10:15; John 2:12, 4:46, 6:17, 6:24, 6:59. You can easily look up these scriptures here.

Permission to use photo as painting source is courtesy of www.BiblePlaces.com.

This painting is part of the Bible Lands Series.

Marine Still Life with Boat Fenders

Marine Still Life painting

© Copyright 2003 – Present

Size: 9″ x 12″
Support: Canvas panel board
Description: A nautical theme painting with fishing boat fenders, chains and pier columns. This painting comes in a complimentary frame and arrives at your door ready to hang on the wall.

Purchasing Information
$210 Plus S/H




Artist Comments: A still life (plural still lifes) is a painting in which the setting is composed mostly from inanimate objects. Still lifes can be made up of objects that are either natural, man-made, or a combination of both. Natural objects would be things found in nature, such as food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc. Man-made objects would be various items like drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, ceramics, and so forth.

This particular painting is a nautical still life. Most people envision a bowl of fruit, a vase of flowers, or a figurine sitting on a table when they think of a still life. However, a still life can be composed of any inanimate object. I found these fishing boat fenders tied to the pillar of a pier a very interesting subject to paint because of the “close-up view” and the contrast in texture (wood pier, rusty chains and rubbery boat fenders.)

In case you didn’t know, a boat fender is a type of bumper or cushioned buffer used to prevent a boat or other watercraft from bumping into a dock, pier or another boat causing damage to its hull. They are usually constructed from rubber, foam or plastic, and they come in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on what they are being used for.

Along The ICW

waterscape river side painting

© Copyright 2001 – Present

Size: 12″ x 9″
Support: Canvas panel board
Description: A depiction of a beached shrimp boat along the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). This painting comes in a complimentary rustic frame and arrives at your door ready to hang on the wall.

Purchasing Information
$210 Plus S/H




Artist Comments: During the summer of 1999, my husband and I sailed his 36 foot sailboat up the ICW (Intracoastal Waterway) from Florida to Virginia. Robert was in the military at the time and was being transferred from Naval Air Station Jacksonville to Naval Station Norfolk. Along the waterway we saw many interesting sites which offered a number of opportunities to take reference photos for future paintings. This is an oil painting from one of the many photos taken on this trip.

The ICW is a 3,000-mile system of inland rivers, channels and canals along the eastern and southeast coast within the United States. This ribbon of navigable water is divided into the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Parts of the waterway are manmade canals while other sections are natural inlets, saltwater rivers, bays and sounds. The ICW runs along the east coast from Boston, MA going south along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, TX. The purpose of the waterway was to provide a safe and navigable water route that could be traveled by both light-weight commercial barges and personal pleasure crafts in order to avoid many of the hazards of travel on the open sea.

Currituck Beach Lighthouse

east coast lighthouse painting

© Copyright 2008 – Present

Size: 11″ x 14″
Support: Stretched canvas

Purchasing Information
$250 Plus S/H




Artist Comments: Currituck Beach Lighthouse is located at Whale Head Bay in Corolla, North Carolina on the northern end of the “Outer Banks”. Its distinct unpainted natural red brick appearance is in contrast with fellow lighthouses along the North Carolina coast which are painted in striking black and white. Built in 1875, it is still used today to light the dark stretches of the southern Atlantic coastline. Annually the lighthouse welcomes an average of 185,000 visitors and we were among them.

One summer my husband and I loaded up the kids and headed off for the Outer Banks to discover the lighthouses we’d heard so much about. We lived in Virginia at the time and was only two hours away from the OBX (Outer Banks). Currituck Lighthouse was our first stop and the favorite of all the lighthouses we visited that fun filled weekend. We were excited to discover that visitors can climb its 220 steps to the top and look at the spectacular view. We’ve been back to this lighthouse several times since that first trip and we always enjoy seeing this it over and over again.

Some Interesting Facts About Currituck Beach Lighthouse

  • Year beacon first lit: 1875
  • Number of steps: 220
  • Height to focal plane of lens: 158 feet
  • Height to top of roof: 162 feet
  • Number of bricks: approximately one million
  • Thickness of wall at base: 5 feet 8 inches
  • Thickness of wall at parapet: 3 feet
  • Position: 34 miles south of the Cape Henry Lighthouse (VA)
  • 32 1/2 miles north-northwest of Bodie Island Lighthouse
  • Coast Survey Chart: 36° 22’36” N latitude, 75° 49’51” W longitude

Find out more about Currituck Beach Lighthouse.

For more information about the Outer Banks of North Carolina, visit their website.