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.The Yacht Artist'
Jess Douglas is an Artist from Lyme Regis, UK.
She
specialises in bespoke commissioned artworks of superyachts and fishing
boats painted onto Navigational charts.
Growing up in Ibiza,
Jess moved to the city of Plymouth to study illustration and found that
her work quickly began to rebel against her country upbringing.
“I began reflecting a growing interest in the grunge and grime of the
urban environment” she says, and it’s clear to see this reflected in her
work. Shop fronts, buses, signage and grungy old streets make up the
focus of her work and the resulting images are terrific."
Jess Douglas studied illustration at the University of
Plymouth from 2006 to 2009.
After Graduating In 2009, Jess
returned to her home town of Lyme Regis, where she started to crew part
time on a local commercial fishing boat.
Here she gained experience and
knowledge of the trade from the local fishermen, and ended up as part of
the "family".
Having lost all inspiration for drawing since
leaving her circle of artist friends, she decided to get her Skipper
qualification and also worked as a deckhand on super yachts in the
Mediterraneanfor 3 seasons.
After 9 years of having "artists
block", a new boat arrived at Lyme, called the New Seeker, who's skipper
she knew. She decided that she'd draw his boat as a way to get out of
the rut she'd been in. This resulted in promoting her work via Facebook mainly, and ended up getting more and more orders from
captains, and crew, for her to paint their vessels for them.
five and a half years on, she has painted well over 500 boats of all
shapes and size, from small fishing boats and trawlers, to 120m luxury
superyachts. she has sent her work all over the world, to countries such
as France, Netherlands, Australia, Canada and numerous orders from the
USA.
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