Revisiting the Seascape Series  By Gerald King

During my long life as an artist I often rebelled against the established beliefs about what is worthy art and what is gratuitous pandering to a myopic art establishment.  After graduating from college in 1963, I quietly rebelled against my art school by doing a series of paintings of square rigged sailing ships, 19th century seascapes, romantic harbor scenes and other bits of nostalgia. I called this approach to art - Romantic Realism. Though successful with the non-indoctrinated public who actually purchased my work, the entrenched art intellectuals who dominated most traditional art institutions ignored my protest and labeled me a troglodyte. 
Now in my 70s, I revisit this theme, and I feel at home.

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