Snapper Boat Study | 9×12 | Oil on Panel

Inspiration for Snapper Boat Study

I painted Snapper Boat Study as a demo for an oil painting workshop. In the workshop, I taught about how to harness the power of modern oil pigments—specifically Phthalo Blue, Napthol Red, Hansa Yellow. So for this study, a scene full of “grays,” I packed those neutral hues with vibrancy! Although I pushed those color nuances here, the trained eye can really see a lot of these hues in real life. I believe one of the breakthrough moments for any artist is perceiving these varied hues and being able to interpret them into paint.

[button id=”5fa7c68c7394c02557e705ba7368cfe6″ text=”View Price” url=”https://christianhemmefineart.com/shop/snapper-boat-study-9×12-original-painting/” target=”_self” alignment=”left” alignment_mobile=”default” image=”” icon=”fa fa-shopping-cart” icon_alignment=”left” style=”1″ size=”medium” font_size=”” radius=”0″ border_size=”2″ shadow=”none” full=”false” tale=”none” margin=”0px 0px 15px 0px” text_color=”#ffffff” text_hover_color=”” background_color=”#47c9e5″ background_hover_color=”#21bee2″ border_color=”” border_hover_color=”” animation=”none” animation_speed=”2″ animation_delay=”0″ __fw_editor_shortcodes_id=”951acd5bfeee9e4505f58d5d4d58003e” _fw_coder=”aggressive”][/button]The scene depicts Pensacola’s last shrimp boat marina, a seafood wholesaler located directly behind Joe Patti’s. Although I usually focus on the shrimp boats when I paint there, the other vessels present nice subject matter also. From what I’ve learned, these more normal-looking craft are mostly snapper boats. You can view another example in my painting Commander’s Launch.