Chebacco Moonrise, Burnham Shipyard
Reduction woodcut, edition, 25 with unique impressions, image size 16.5 x 31.5 inches.
This unique impression is one of 5 within the edition of 25 with a red sky.
The Burnham Boatbuilding Yard, in the heart of Essex, MA, is the birthplace of about 4,000 schooners since 1819. The tidal flats, and ancient creeks are loaded with history and a source of inspiration and new work coming out of Don Gorvett’s harbor-side studio in Gloucester, MA. The Chebacco boat design originated here.
ABOUT / Don Gorvett is an artist and printmaker known for his large and powerful woodcuts of maritime and architectural subjects. He was born in Boston, MA, in 1949, and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts through the Ford Junior Fellowship Grant. His life long intention of living within the realms of harbors and the sea continues to provide the intellectual stimulus in which to approach the maritime imagery.
Mr. Gorvett's woodcuts are in public and private collections, which include The Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA., Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA., Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA., Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH., Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA., Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockport, ME., Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA., Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA., Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, VT., Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME., Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA., Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME., Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA., and the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA.
