Description: This painting depicts a part of the Kona Coast in Hawaii. The water crashes onto the rocky shore, casting those colors onto its surface. The background features beautifully rendered clouds and glimpses of the horizon. DIMENSIONS: 30" x 24" Lucille Kent, wife of noted restaurateur Frank Skipper Kent, was an accomplished California painter, well known on the West Coast and in Hawaii. Her studies took her from San Francisco and Berkeley as far afield as Chicago, the Instituto at San Miguel Allende, and the Bellas Artes in Taxco Mexico. Kent studied under such noted artists as Thomas Leighton, Arthur Palmer, Peter Blos, Marques Reitzel, Joseph Bennet, Senor Pinto, Don James Oats, and Senor Fidel Figueroa. In addition to many solo exhibitions, Mrs. Kent designed and helped to paint the Polynesian Village dining room and the banquet area of the Edgewater Hotel in Chicago, and a similar Polynesian Village in the Somerset Hotel in Boston. Her great love was the sea. She was a veteran of thirty years and thousands of miles of ocean racing and cruising. After one ocean voyage of over 9000 miles she stated, "I feel I know the sea in most of its moods, but it will take years to get it all on canvas." Even a casual study of her seascapes shows that she mastered the moods of the sea as few other artists have. From the Frank "Skipper" Kent collection. Skipper was an adventurer and entrepreneur, founder of Skipper Kent's restaurant in San Francisco, and Skipper Kent's Zombie Village in Oakland California. His vision of a themed restaurant based on exotic locations and cultures was a resounding success. Skipper's was a preferred destination for the rich and famous in the San Francisco area. His unusual Pan-Asian, Caribbean, and Pacific Rim cuisine, and innovative rum cocktails influenced later restaurants such as Trader Vics, and carved a niche in Pop Culture from the 1950s. Skipper collected antiques, artifacts, weapons, jewelry and art from around the world, some for display in his restaurants, others for his private collection.
Price: 1500 USD
Location: Oakhurst, California
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Lucille Kent
Signed By: Lucille Kent
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Item Length: 30 in
Framing: Unframed
Subject: Coast, Ocean, Seascape
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1960
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 24 in
Theme: Nature, Ocean, Seascape
Style: Impressionism, Realism
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Time Period Produced: 1950-1959
