Sean Garwood
Sean Garwood
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The ‘Thermopylae’ departing Lyttelton, 1885
Oil on canvas
70 x 100 cm -
Early Golden Years, Waka and sailing ships, Golden Bay, 1843
Oil on canvas
60 x 100 cm -
Bailey’s Boatbuilders, Freeman’s Bay, Auckland 1894
Oil on canvas
60 x 100 cm
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Fiordland Cray Fishing, 2016
Oil on canvas
65 x 105 cm
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The ‘Tamahini’ entering Tory Channel, 1926
Oil on board
60 x 100 cm
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The ‘Mapourika’ crossing the Grey River Bar, 1898
Oil on canvas
60 x 100 cm
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HMS ‘Achilles’ in the Battle of the River Plate, 1939
Oil on board
65 x 100 cm
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‘Jessie Logan’ racing in Tasman Bay, 1902
Oil on canvas
70 x 100 cm
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Mullet Boat ‘Celox’ racing in the Hauraki Gulf, 1914
Oil on canvas
70 x 100 cm
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‘Viking’, Bailey’s Masterpiece, 1914
Oil on canvas
70 x 110 cm
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The ‘Duchess’ in Wellington, 1910
Oil on canvas
45 x 80 cm
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The ‘Pamir’ taking a line from ‘William C. Daldy’ Auckland, 1942
Oil on canvas
50 x 80 cm
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Lyttelton Port from Norwich Quay, 1892
Oil on canvas
70 x 100 cm
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Pilot boat ‘Koputai’ passing Taiaroa Lighthouse, 1942
Oil on board
60 x 100 cm
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Queens Wharf Auckland, 1904
Oil on canvas
75 x 120 cm
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The Nimrod Expedition departing Lyttelton, New Year’s Day, 1908
Oil on canvas
70 x 105 cm
Signed
On Hold -
The Immigrants, onboard ‘Mataura’ abeam of the Snares on passage from England to New Zealand, 1879
Oil on canvas
85 x 120 cm
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The Art of Sean Garwood: A Painted Voyage
$40.00ISBN 9780473588823
Written & Edited by Grant Bezett
Contribution by Sean Garwood
107 Pages
21 x 27.5 x 1 cm
Sean garwood
new zealand
Nelson based artist Sean Garwood was born in England and grew up in Western Australia. From a young age Sean was influenced by his father’s highly successful full-time painting career. Growing upon the coast near the Port town of Fremantle Western Australia and motivated by his father’s success, Sean would spend many hours sketching amongst Fremantle’s rich maritime heritage. During this time his father was exhibiting his work throughout Australia and later New Zealand. Thoughts of becoming a full-time artist like his father were put on hold as the natural progression of a boyhood dream to become a Ship’s Master became a reality. After arriving in New Zealand at the age of 15 it took him only 6 years to become the youngest New Zealand Deep Sea Master at only 21 and at the age of 25 he was in command of a deep-sea trawler, with a crew of 45.
Sean gave up his career at sea in 2005 to follow his dream of becoming an artist like his father. He developed his own style of realism and with his abiding affection for the sea it was only natural that he would gravitate to marine subjects. He is meticulous in researching historical subjects, ensuring every detail of a ship’s rigging, the direction of wind and tide are all accurate. Sean’s experience and understanding the sea is clearly evident in his work and it has led him to become one of our foremost marine artists.