Into a safe Harbour by Paul (Dixie) Dean

Great job, Paul - it’s all the rigging detail that pulls it together so well.

Good work Paul. I like the way you’ve painted the distant boats.

Excellent painting Paul.

Jenny, Lew and Stephen thank you for your kind comments they are appreciated.

A super foreground boat with very interesting detail Peter. A great balance with the background boats and pier.

How you get it all so straight with the rigging is just beautiful. Such detail 👌

Excellent work, Paul!

Thank you Carole , Jen and Anne I appreciate your comment.

Fabulous work Paul

Another really beautiful painting, love it !!

The active water adds something to what's happening here, adding to the challenges those boats are facing. Really like the shapes, too.

Another great watercolour Paul.

Good work Paul.

Russell, Valerie, Gerry , George and Denise thank you I appreciate your comments.

I’m genuinely impressed Paul - a powerful painting of a tricky subject!

To add… the way you’ve represented that sea is nothing short of brilliant…

Alan thank you for your comments, I appreciate your feedback. I was unsure of the sea and decided to add the white to break up the blue and represent the sea outside the harbour meet the calmer waters , I think this area is known as the Bar in nautical terms.

Love it, wonderful detail, and very interesting history too.

Paul, this is impressive!

This is really good Paul and, yes, that rigging makes the whole painting zing

Sandra, Diane and Heather thank you for your comments they are appreciated.

Full of movement with the sea. One of your best Dixie

Thanks Martin l appreciate your taking the time to comment.

Nice composition and detail, I love your sea in this one.

I think this is really excellent Paul. Some super details and I love the sails and the rigging.

Thank you Andrew and David .

Got to be your best yet.

Robert thank you for your comment I really appreciate it . I thoroughly enjoyed doing this painting, and I do think if we know the subject matter we produce better work .

Absolutely superb, Paul! Definitely one of your best!

Sorry Paul I completely missed this- But it really caught my eye, plenty of movement in it and love the way you have depicted the Red in the painting. Lovely

Thalia and Rachel thank you for your most kind comments .

Impressed with this Paul - I think your best so far as well.

Thank you Hilary .

A Cracker this one Paul.

Thanks John I appreciate your comment.

That's a cracking piece of work, Dixie.

Thank you Carole.

Paul this has to be the best painting you have ever painted! The sea is full of movement , beautiful! Thanks for explaining the strip of white where the rough sea and calm water meet. The. Choir that I sing with has sung a beautifully song Crossing the Bar which is about dying at se and going to heaven It makes sense to me knowing it represents going from rough seas and into the calm .

Thank you Gillian, glad it helped to explain the song , often we use term that come from thing like the sea, military, farming etc in our daily conversation without knowing where it originated.