regatta – Robert Yonke Art

The Sandy Douglass Regatta

“Cutting Edge” and the Sandy Douglass Regatta This weekend is the annual Sandy Douglass Regatta on Deep Creek Lake. Sandy Douglass, best known for his remarkable sailboat designs, including the iconic Flying Scot, manufactured near Deep Creek Lake and the sailboat of choice on the lake. His career, which began in the 1930s, left anContinue reading “The Sandy Douglass Regatta”

New Featured Art

I’m adding two sailing-themed pieces to my Featured Art gallery with Hiking Out and Heading Up. The gallery is a part of my 2020 Virtual Studio Tour. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, you can view it here.

Bunched Up

Watching the sailboat races on Deep Creek Lake, you’re going to see the fleet bunched up at the mark. Bunched Up is a piece from last summer’s sailing series. Bunched Up Original Watercolor on Canvas SOLD

Whitecap

Whitecap is another painting based on the scenes on Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, Maryland. This was painted in last summer’s series and quickly found a new home. Whitecap Original Watercolor on Canvas SOLD

Cutting Edge

I worked on another series of sailboat paintings this summer, based on the scenes around Deep Creek Lake’s thriving Flying Scot community. Cutting Edge is one of the pieces in the series. A few of them sold before the paint dried, but this is still available for purchase at the Garrett County Arts Council’s Gallery Shop. CuttingContinue reading “Cutting Edge”