About the Arist :: Paul Garnett
A native of Massachusetts, marine artist Paul Garnett is entirely self-taught. For seven years he served as the shipwright on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s tall ship replica of the famous ‘Bounty” that was built for the 1962 production of “Mutiny on the Bounty” starring Marlon Brando.
His artwork has been featured in Nautical World Magazine, Marine Art Quarterly and Sea History Magazine. He has also had his paintings appear on A & E’s “Sea Tales”, as well as, The History Channel’s program “History’s Mysteries”. The Clinton County Historical Society in New York licensed “Battle of Valcour Island” as a poster for their recovery project on the lake where the battle took place.
Mr. Garnett’s paintings have also been featured as the covers of the trilogy by naval historian William H. White about the War of 1812 – “A Press of Canvas”, “A Fine Tops’l Breeze” and “The Evening Gun”. His latest book cover was done for “The Greater the Honor” also by Mr. White, a tale of the Barbary Wars.
The artist’s paintings have appeared in such shows as “Charlestown – Then and Now” at the Charlestown Naval Museum, “Masters and Commanders” at the Union League Club in New York City, “Art of the Boston Waterfront” at the John Stobart Gallery in Boston, as well as, in the Gallery at Mystic Seaport and the Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. Mr. Garnett was the featured event artist at the America’s Sails 2002, St. Petersburg, Florida. In July 2005, Mr. Garnett was involved in the National Juried Exhibition at the 12th Annual Maritime Art Exhibition at the Coos Art Museum in Oregon.
Both the Constitution Museum in Charlestown and the Marine Museum in Fall River Massachusetts have permanent exhibits of his work. The artist is also a longtime member of the National Maritime Historical Society and a member of the International Society of Marine Painters. Mr. Garnett also accepts private commissions, working exclusively from his studio in Newtonville, Massachusetts.