Mississippi Paddle Steamers - Loading cotton Painting

My inspiration came from very old black & white photographs about 150 years old I then altered and added various elements to make it a more balanced composition I found the whole exercise fascinating that I was able look at a split second in time from all that way back in time The men, the animals, the ships, are exactly as they were 150 years ago Naturally with this amount of detail, it takes, time, patience and skill. Look at the neck harness of the mule. You can see the chains, the buckles everything. You'll also see the brake lever on the mule's cart if you look very carefully. No brake pads in those days, just hessian rubbing against the axle and the voice of the driver shouting "Whoaa !" This is before the coming of aircraft, motor cars, antibiotics What a different world we live in these days Imagine being one of those "porters" waiting to be given a few hours work, so they could put food on the table for their family. What a nightmare it must have been for them I fully intend to produce more work of this nature. I'll be looking for suitable photographs to use. It's a job to find a really good composition, as most photos from that era are family portraits with very rigid poses, that are too contrived to be of wide interest but if you've any ideas, do please let me know by email go2ssff@gmail.com Kind regards and do please leave a comment - Chris

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:27.8 W x 19.5 H x 0.9 D in

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