{"product_id":"21958","title":"\"A Cayman Islands Idyll\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOil on Linen Canvas \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.5 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned, lower right\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful painting was commissioned by a client who has a career-long connection with the Cayman Islands. He asked Geoff to immortalise the wonderful Cayman Islands schooners and Geoff was keen to paint and research a subject outside his usual territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs it transpired, source material of plans, maps and old photographs was surprisingly thin on the ground and difficult to find, being chiefly in local archives, and here the client himself played a most helpful role in finding and supplying such material, including his own photgraphs of \u003cem\u003eGoldfield\u003c\/em\u003e. This added to his satisfaction and personal involvement in the project and was most gratefully acknowledged by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe finished painting ispartlyan elegy for these beautiful schooners, an evocation of an idyllic place and time - the Caymans in the 1930s - and also a rigorously researched depiction both of the ships and the harbour setting of the time, showing the Mansion House and the then Government House.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommissioned through Marine Artists.co.uk for a Private Collection in the Cayman Islands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMMISSIONING GEOFF HUNT \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt Marine Artists.co.uk one of our main specialities is commissioning great marine and historical paintings forclients and collectorsall over the world\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo commission your own painting from Geoff Hunt, contact Charles Mayes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:cm@marineartists.co.uk\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecm@marineartists.co.uk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand we will post or email you a free pack of information including our short guides \"Commissioning a Painting from Geoff Hunt\" and \"Price Guide and Timescale\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe commission process is very easy, straightforward and enjoyable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"GEOFF HUNT, P.P.R.S.M.A. (British, Contemporary)","offers":[{"title":"Commissioned Oil Painting","offer_id":55616607486294,"sku":"EGH94-21958","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Hunt_20-_20Cayman_20Is_20Red_20Flag_20final_20-_20large_2aba01ae-8ff6-4e6d-bef5-eb6fec2498d2.jpg?v=1791279783","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/21958","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}