Richard Lane

Richard’s keen interest in American Nautical History has been the inspiration for his work as a fine artist. It is the romantic yet powerful yachts of past America’s Cup races, as well as the graceful fishing schooners of Gloucester and Boston that he so effectively captures on canvas. He does extensive research for his paintings, using museum ship models, old photographs from museum archives and actual blue prints of the boats themselves. Fifteen years ago he started building wooden ship models from scratch so he could understand the construction of the boats and the mechanics of the rigging. Richard is a member of the “Ship Model Society of Northern New Jersey”. He strives for absolute accuracy in his paintings. A years’ work on average produces a maximum of 8 – 9 canvases..