Scott Houston McBee - Kunst der Ocean Liner

Ocean Liner in Art - Scott Houston McBee
by Earl of Cruise
Einige Künstler malen Portraits, andere Landschaften, und wieder andere malen abstrakt.

Aber Scott McBee arbeitet mit Gouache und Tusche auf altem Papier. Dabei reproduziert er sorgfältig die Architektur von Schiffen. Nicht irgendwelche Schiffe, auch keine aus seiner Phantasie. Er reproduziert akribisch die großartigen Ozeanliner des 19ten und 20ten Jahrhunderts. Die meisten von ihnen sind längst verschrottet worden und zu neuem Stahl verarbeitet worden, wie einige der Yachten, welche auch im Repertoire von Scott McBee sind.

NORMANDIE by Scott Houston McBee

Einige von Scott McBees Bildern sind bis zu 2,50 Meter lang, das kleinste Bild ist knapp einen Meter lang (96cm genau). Für jedes seiner architektonischen Kunstwerke benötigt Scott zwischen vier bis 6 Wochen, um sie fertig zu stellen. Eine Arbeit dieser detailreichen Architektur Kunstwerke kann bis zu US $ 18.000,00 kosten. Ein stolzer Preis, aber jeden Cent, ob Euro oder Dollar wert ... zumindest für die Schiff Afficionados.

“I’m trying to shine a light on something that doesn’t exist anymore – a way of traveling, a style of traveling and an architectural design,” sagte Scott, während meines Interviews.

2013 machte Scott einen Besuch auf der in Philadelphia aufgelegten UNITED STATES für eine Privattour. Die BIG U liegt nun seit Jahren hier im Hafenbecken von Philadelphia und rottet, aller Inneneinrichtung damals in der Türkei beraubt, vor sich hin. Die SS United States Conservancy (facebook) versucht seit Jahren unter der Leitung der Tochter ihres Konstrukteurs William Francis Gibbs zu retten. Erst kürzlich hat CRYSTAL CRUISES, dank des neuen Eigentümers Genting annonciert, dass sie eine Studie beginnen, um der UNITED STATES vielleicht wieder ein neues Leben zu geben. Nachdem verschiedene Investoren sich an einem Projekt UNITED STATES die Zähne ausgebissen hatten, scheint diese Option die realistischste.

UNITED STATES by Scott Houston McBee

Für Scott liegt die größte Herausforderung in der Detailrecherche. “I’m a big stickler for details, so getting the correct information and the right plans is important,” erklärt Scott. “I like to show the whole ship – If I can’t see what’s going on below the water line, I won’t do it.”

Das Takelwerk, die gesetzten Flaggen und deren Farben, wie auch die Livrée - der Anstrich - des Schiffes "... have to be correct, sagt Scott. Selbst die Rettungsboote, Anzahl der Fenster, die darunter gehören sind gründlich recherchiert und eingefügt. Und schaut man genauer hin, erkennt man hinter den Fenstern der Promenadendecks die Fenster und Türen, welche darauf führen. Eigentlich vermutet der Betrachter, dass gleich Leben in die Szene kommt.

ANDREA DORIA by Scott Houston McBee

Der Tagesjob von Scott ist seine Arbeit als freier Storyboard Autor und Künstler und Art Director bei Werbeagenturen. Aber in seiner Freizeit wird sein Leben von seiner Passion für Schiffe bestimmt. Seit seiner Kindheit ist er von Schiffen, den Passagierschiffen, nachdem ihm seine Mutter das Walter Lord Buch "A Night To Remember" gab. Es beschreibt die Ereignisse an Bord der TITANIC, als sie während ihrer Jungfernreise den Eisberg schrammte und versank. !972 nahmen dann seine Eltern den jungen Scott zur Erstausstrahlung des "Poseidon Adventure" mit in das Kino.

“That’s what hooked me – the big powerful ship going through the water in a huge storm,” erzählte mir Scott. “It was the spark that pushed me forward – I think I was a ship architect in another lifetime.” Ich konnte ihn nur lachend bestätigen.

BREMEN IV 1929 by Scott Houston McBee

Einige seiner Bilder von den längst vergangen Linern wurden in der CHINESE PORCELAIN COMPANY und dem SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM in Lower Manhattan ausgestellt.

Scott McBee vor "seiner QUEEN ELIZABETH"

Die in minutiöser Akribie gemalten Bilder können als Kommission bei Scott McBee direkt bestellt werden: http://www.scottmcbee.com/aboutme.html

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Ocean Liners in Movies or Films at Sea (updated Nov 2017)

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