Norton's Top Mast Privateer LYNX makes port in Camden
before embarking on another historic voyage.makes port in Camden
before embarking on another historic voyage.
Camden, Maine August 23, 2013 – Linda Norton’s Top Mast Privateer LYNX - 1812 is back in Camden just in time for the Camden Windjammer Festival. The award-winning painting has returned from touring the country over the last 2 years as part of the 15th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists. During her Camden stop, she can be viewed at the Ducktrap Bay Trading Company, 20 Main St. Camden, ME.
The respite is brief as Lynx has been selected to tour the country again as part of the American Society of Marine Artists 1812 – Star Spangled Nation Exhibit. She will be traveling from September 12, 2013 through December 2014 and will visit the Buffalo History Museum, Buffalo, NY; the Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan; the Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT; the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, Vermont; and the Star-Spangled Flag House, Baltimore, Maryland.
Her prior ports of call accounting for her first 6,000 miles were: the Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, Delray Beach, FL; the Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL; the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX; the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX; the Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX; The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA; the Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR; and the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN.
The ship itself has important ties to the midcoast area. The reproduction of the 1812-era vessel was built by Rockport Marine and launched in 2001. At the time it was the largest shipbuilding project ever undertaken by Rockport Marine - and was the first square-rigged vessel built in the area since 1885. For more information on Lynx, visit: http://www.privateerlynx.com and http://rockportmarine.com/boat_details.php?boatID=14&category=4
About Linda Norton - Area visitors and maritime enthusiasts are welcome to visit Linda Norton’s Studio at 109 Bay View Street in Camden. The studio is open through the summer by appointment or by chance. When Linda’s not out sailing, she’s busy working in her studio. She currently has twelve pieces on the easel at various stages of development and many completed works for viewing in the Studio.
Linda has dedicated much of her life here to documenting the living history of windjammers in Maine and her maternal family’s involvement in Maine’s maritime life. Many members of the family made their living on the sea and Linda’s work strives to document the beauty of the coast and the ships and people that have sailed and continue to sail Maine waters.
Concentrating on entering national juried exhibitions, Linda attempts to show the Maine she loves, its maritime heritage and its beauty to people across the country. Her primary subjects of interest are windjammers, the working waterfront, boat building, and local crews and their personalities.
For more information call (207) 230-0129 or visit http://www.lindanortonstudio.com/
Linda’s work can also be viewed at the Ducktrap Bay Trading Company, 20 Main St. Camden, ME. You can also email Linda at: info@lindanortonstudio.com
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