Dan Robbins 13

M-305- Nude
24x18

--This was our first attempt and an “artistic nude”. I didn’t actually paint this finished version, but created the original concept to be sure that it was in good taste. After it’s initial success, more nudes followed, painted mostly by Adam Grant, the best figure painter on our staff of talented artists. Pretty risky at the time, but I knew that, sooner or later nudes would become a staple in the Masterpiece line. How could they not be?

M-306- Before the Wind
24x18

--Nothing is so romantic as a clipper ship in full sail on the open sea. I tried to give it something extra by tilting the ship to suggest movement against a body of water. The story behind this painting is that Max Klein insisted that all paintings have at least touch of red in them. Reluctantly, in a later version I added a red flag atop the main mast.