MARINE 
Art Gallery 

 (Watercolors, Acrylics and Nautical Chart Art)

Watercolor/Acrylic Paintings
on Nautical Charts
by William B, Mac Gregor Jr.
(Your Boat, Yacht, Naval Vessel, Coast Guard Cutter, Tug Boat, favorite Lighthouse or Home painted onto a navigational nautical chart)

If your Navy ship reunion group is interested in a having an original  watercolor & prints of your ship, please contact: Bill@junkyardartist.com 

RECENT NAVAL COMMISSIONS

Naval Sail Training Craft 44’ Sloops with their spinnakers flying
(Nautical Chart Background-Puget Sound/ Elliott Bay Bay Seattle)

USS Safeguard  ARS 50
(Safeguard-class salvage ship)
60# Watercolor Paper

USS Safeguard  ARS 50
(Nautical Chart Background-Japan)
The USS Safeguard  provides rescue and salvage services to the fleet at sea. She also supported the protection of forces ashore through post-assault salvage operations in close proximity to the shore. She is designed to perform combat salvage, lifting, towing, off-ship firefighting, manned diving operations, and emergency repairs to stranded or disabled vessels. The USS Safeguard was commissioned on 17 August 1985.

USS Chancellorsville  CG 62
with her spinnaker flying
(Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser)
Nautical Chart Background-San Diego Bay)
 USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) is the 16th Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser and the 12th ship in that class built on November 4.1989 by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss.   The purpose of the ship is to detect, classify and track hundreds of potential targets simultaneously in the air, on the surface, and under the sea. 

Nautical Chart Artwork 

Beavertail Lighthouse, Jamestown, Conanicut Island RI
(Nautical Chart Background-Narragansett Bay, RI)
Beavertail Lighthouse

• Station established: 1749; Present lighthouse built: 1856; Automated: 1972

• Construction material: Granite

• Height of tower: 53 feet; Height of focal plane: 54 feet.

• Other buildings still standing: 1856 keeper's house, 1898 assistant keeper's house, oil house, storage building, garage.

• Museum in the keeper's house maintained by: Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association.

• Characteristics: Flashing white every six seconds; Fog signal: One blast every 30 seconds.

• Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. 

• Website:  www.beavertaillight.org 

Newport Harbor Lighthouse ( Goat Is;and Lighthouse) Newport Harbor, RI
(Nautical Chart Background-Narragansett Bay, RI)

• Station established: 1823; Present lighthouse built: 1842; Automated: 1963

• Construction material: Granite

• Height of tower: 35 feet.

• Characteristic: Fixed green

• Managed by: American Lighthouse Foundation, ME

• Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.

 Southeast Block Island Lighthouse
MOHEGAN BLUFFS/BLOCK ISLAND, RI
(Nautical Chart Background-Block Island)

• Station established: 1875; Present lighthouse built: 1875; Deactivated: 1990; Relighted: 1994

• Construction material: Brick.

• Height of tower: 52 feet; Height of focal plane: 261 feet.
  Original optic: First-order Fresnel ; Present optic: First-order Fresnel (originally from Cape Lookout Light, NC).

• Characteristic: Flashing green every five seconds; Fog signal: One blast every 30 seconds.

• Other buildings still standing: Keeper's house (attached), two cisterns, garage, storage building, boathouse

• Active U.S. Coast Guard Aid to Navigation.. 

Block Island North Lighthouse
SANDY POINT, NORTH END of Block Island.

• Station established: 1829; Present lighthouse built: 1868.
  Automated: 1956; Discontinued: 1973; Relighted: 1989.

• Construction material: Granite, iron; Height of tower: 55 feet; Height of focal plane: 61 feet.

• Original optics: Seven oil lamps and 16-inch parabolic reflectors (1829); Fourth order Fresnel (1868).

• Characteristic: Flashing white every five seconds (currently on steel tower to the north of the lighthouse).

• Other buildings still standing: Two storage buildings.

• Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. First floor converted into museum.

Providence Tug Boats
(Nautical Chart Background-Providence River and Head of Narragansett Bay, RI)
The Providence Steam Company was established in 1881 and currently the, Providence Steamboat  Company operates six tugboats on Narragansett Bay including the three depicted in this watercolor painting.
11"x14" Presentation Mat: $20     16"x20" Presentation Mat: $25     
Original: $200.00 

Point Judith Lighthouse, Narragansett, RI
(Nautical Chart Background-Narragansett Bay, RI)
Point Judith extends more than a mile from the Rhode Island coast, marking the entrance to Narragansett Bay to the North and Block Island Sound to the south. The present octagonal brownstone tower was erected in 1857, and underwent a major restoration in 2000. Point Judith lighthouse stands on the grounds of Coast Guard Station Point Judith which was constructed in 1937.
11"x14" Presentation Mat: $20     16"x20" Presentation Mat: $25     
Original: $200.00 

Prudence Island Lighthouse (Sandy Point Light), Narragansett Bay, RI
(Nautical Chart Background-Narragansett Bay, RI)
Prudence Island is approximately 7 miles long and 1 1/2 miles across with a summer population of about 2000. In 1850 local residents petitioned Congress for a lighthouse at Sandy Point to help mariners pass thru Narragansett Bay's East Passage. Prudence Island Lighthouse was automated in 1972 and is currently maintained by the Prudence Island Conservancy. 
11"x14" Presentation Mat: $20     16"x20" Presentation Mat: $25     
Original: Sold 

Warwick Lighthouse
Warwick Neck/Narragansett Bay  Warwick, RI   (Nautical Chart Background-Narragansett Bay, RI)
In 1985, Warwick became the last Rhode Island lighthouse to be automated, and the Fresnel lens was replaced with a modern lens at that time. The station is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The lighthouse is owned by the Coast Guard and continues to be an active aid to navigation, showing a flashing green light. The keeper's dwelling is used as housing for Coast Guard personnel.

11"x14" Presentation Mat: $20     16"x20" Presentation Mat: $25     
Original: SOLD 

Marine Artwork 

USS Safeguard  (ARS 50)
USS Safeguard (ARS-50) is a Safeguard-class salvage ship, and was commissioned on 17 August 1985.  The USS Safeguard is the lead ship of the newest auxiliary rescue and salvage class of vessels constructed for the US Navy. The rugged construction of this steel-hulled vessel, combined with her speed and endurance, make Safeguard well-suited for rescue and salvage operations throughout the world. The hull below the waterline is ice-strengthened. On 26 September 2007 USS Safeguard was transferred to the Military Sealift Command as USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50).

USS Nantahala Auxiliary Oiler A0-60
(Ashtabula class Fleet Oiler)

 Sailboats

• 11"x 14" Mat: $20                              Original: $275 

East Coast Woodie

• 16"x20"  Mat: $25 16"x20" Double Mat:  $35 
  Original: Sold 
  Original watercolor painting was auctioned off at “the big picnic” as part of the  USS Saratoga Museum fundraiser's held at governor of RI 's home.

The Storm
16"x20" Presentation Mat: $22       16"x20" Double Mat:  $35 
Original: Private Gallery

Fishermen
11"x20" Presentation Mat: $20    
Original: Private Gallery

Viet Nam Gunners
11"x20" Presentation Mat: $20    
Original: Private Gallery

 Warwick Lighthouse
Warwick Neck/Narragansett Bay  Warwick, RI   
(Nautical Chart Background-RI)
Sorry All Sold Out        Original: Sold 

Cape Neddick "Nubble"  Lighthouse, York, ME
(Nautical Chart Background-Maine)
Sorry All Sold Out        Original: Sold 

 Southeast Block Island Lighthouse
MOHEGAN BLUFFS/BLOCK ISLAND, RI
(Nautical Chart Background-RI)
Sorry All Sold Out   Original: Sold 

 Bristol Ferry Lighthouse
 STRAIT BETWEEN MOUNT HOPE AND NARRAGANSETT BAY
Bristol, RI
(Nautical Chart Background-RI)
8"x10"  Mat: $12.99   11"x14"  Mat: $12.99 
Original: Sold 

Morning Sail
(Nautical Chart Background-RI)
11"x14" Presentation Mat: $22     11"x14" Double Mat:  $35 
Original: $175