I had a nice time in Florida visiting friends and working with some very talented artists while there. Now that I'm back into my routine here, I'm working at adding to my inventory of river and working boat themes. I call this "The Excursion", based on the excursion steamboat The Homer Smith that plied the Ohio during the first half of the last century.
"The Excursion", watercolor on paper, 10"x15", © copyright 2012 Robert Yonke
As a young boy, I remember my father taking me to watch steamboat races in downtown Pittsburgh. What I saw, reflected below in "The Steamboat Race", was the last of an era with competing work boats either retired or soon to be out of service. They were exciting to watch as they raced up the Monongahela belching smoke.
"The Steamboat Race", original watercolor on paper, 15"x22", © copyright 2012 Robert Yonke


