William R. Davis (Bill Davis)

"Calm Day in Boston Harbor" by William Robert Davis, is a oil painting, done on a 22"x42", was painted after the Boston Harbor. William Davis is one of the best marine artists in the world, because of the fact of how he uses oils instead of waterpaints. Most water artists use watercolors, where William uses oil and makes the water look like it is moving and the reflection in the water from the boats. William's paintings have won many awards for Excellence. Willaim grew up in Cape Cod, he toke interest in the way the water appeared he soon started to paint them. His favorite paints were oil. He used water colors before but never really cared for them. Not many artists use oil paints for marine peices. His favorite time of the day to paint is the sunset, because of how the sun hits the water and how it makes the water look red,yellow, and orange instead of blue. His famous peice, "Boston Harbor at Sunset", show this. I think Will does a great job using oils painting the water peices, but wouldn't watercolors be better? Let me now what you think of his paintings at this website, http://williamrdavis.net/.