“Corral of Cowes under Full Sail”

Here for your consideration is a finely executed watercolor and gouache on archival paper rendering of the schooner Coral of Cowes by the well known Maine artist, David W. Clough. Circa 2000. Condition is excellent. Signed by the artist lower right. Under glass. Beautifully gallery framed and matted. Overall framed measurements are 36 by 44 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida gentleman.

Biography American 1931-2024
David Clough is a watercolorist who seems to be at the right place at the right time in life.
His work shows it.

He paints in the true American spirit of expression, free, lyrical, and spontaneous. It has not always been so. His life, early on was about career and family; and the travel and hospitality industry - hotels, cruise ships, and airlines; a job that took him to many places in the world.

One thing he never lost sight of though, was his love of painting which he began early in life and was fully realized when he dropped out of the business world about 25 years ago and became totally dedicated to his art. He died in 2024.

Coral of Cowes a schooner was built by White Brothers as Bamba III in 1902 and renamed in 1923, after which she won the King’s Cup in 1926 and 1928. She underwent a restoration in Cape Town in 2005 and later at Peake Yacht Services in Grenada under the then new owner Richard Oswald.