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This is one in a series of paintings executed in the style of old tiles from Holland, and the scenes are from a recent trip to The Netherlands. Above all, The Netherlands is a seafaring nation, and interesting boatyards are to be found everywhere. This is the marine railway at Urk, a village important in folklore as an island seaport, but now finds itself on the edge of one of the new polders, land claimed from the sea. UK is the two-letter port code for Urk, and I put 342 on the tug’s bow to recall my old house number on a busy street in The Hague.

Having been introduced to landscapes and seascapes by his artist mother, and with influence from his wife with a background in graphic arts, Vic Delnore has developed his own interpretations of landscapes, abstracts, and artistic scenes in graphite, pen and ink, oil, water media, and charcoal. His initial art training was in composition and perspective in The Hague, The Netherlands, followed by instruction in story illustration, pen-and-ink graphics at RPI, figure drawing and calligraphy at MIT/Harvard and ODU, and under nationally known instructors in watercolor and related media. He has exhibited in galleries on Florida, Cape Cod, the Outer Banks, and Hampton Roads since the sixties. Vic holds membership in the Lee County...