Winters Work depicts working watermen from Tilghman Island, Maryland attending to chores in the workshop of Captain Robbie Wilson. They are repairing conch traps which they will use in the Atantic Ocean, far from their beloved Chesapeake Bay where such watermen used to make their living oystering. In the background other members of the crew are repairing pound nets. This painting was commissioned by a private collector for his collection featuring art of the Chesapeake Bay region.
Winters Work depicts working watermen from Tilghman Island, Maryland attending to chores in the workshop of Captain Robbie Wilson. They are repairing conch traps which they will use in the Atantic Ocean, far from their beloved Chesapeake Bay where such watermen used to make their living oystering. In the background other members of the crew are repairing pound nets. This painting was commissioned by a private collector for his collection featuring art of the Chesapeake Bay region.