Featured "The Charge" Watercolor, Framed

While it took too much money and materials from 4 suppliers, I finally got around to framing "The Charge" watercolor by Stanley L Wood last week. Thought I would create a thread for feedback. What do you think about the aperture and aperture core colors? Does the presentation work? Would you change anything?

Also the painting was originally glued to a larger piece of paper. After removing it from the paper I discovered some scribbles, a number, and a note (presumably from the artist) on the back that appears to say "5-3/8 wide Captain". Do you think this was #194 in a series?

Materials:

-Antique walnut frame
-8 ply archival aperture
-Archival mount
-Mounting with archival mounting strips
-92% UV filtering museum glass

Thank you in advance!

 

Looks like an illustration for a book or some such.

 

Here's a link to the same piece, if you haven't stumbled on it yet:

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...60-66-1928-the-charge-signed-227-c-c3bb1c68a4

 

Thank you. Yup, that's mine. I've never seen any printings or reproductions of this painting. Have you? I haven't had a chance to look through all of the novels Mr. Wood illustrated.

 

One more leap, and they are in your room!

 

Very dramatic. Think dimensionality of the frame and matting adds immediacy to the image. What color is the mat? Is that a true black?

Debora

 

He did illustrate the Captain Kettle series much of which was published in Pearson's Magazine. That may be its source. And if you haven't seen this by the illustrator, think you'll find interesting.

http://famous-and-forgotten-fiction.com/writings/wood-authors-from-an-artists-standpoint.html

Debora

 

If you haven't found it already, here's a list of the books he illustrated. And isn't this very similar (in perspective) to your work?

https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2017/02/stanley-l-wood.html

Debora

 

He did do pirates.

Debora

 

Wood seems to like his 'bold, strong action'!!! I like your framing, @techbiker!!!

 

Hi Debora, the matting is actually Crescent brand 8 ply conservation grade in black color. I believe the black is closer to a "Jet Black" than true black. The color of the core is also more of an off-white than a true white. Custom Matboards - 8x10 White Matboard (Copy) - Matboard and More

Thank you very much for the links. Do you think the main figure in my painting is Captain Kettle himself? He has a similar beard and mustache in other illustrations. I need to read some of the stories.

Wood definitely had a skill for painting action illustrations. Really fascinating reading that he didn't like painting ships!

Thanks again everyone

 

Don't think it's meant to be Captain Kettle. He was a good guy and pirates typically aren't.

Debora