John Kelly (Scottish, b. 1939), Night Freighter

Oil on canvas, 1968, signed and dated at lower right, inscribed to verso, framed within a dark aubergine velvet liner.

Stretcher size 20 x 30 in.; Frame dimensions 31 x 41 in.

John Kelly is an acclaimed maritime artist whose luminous seascapes draw on his early life in a seafaring family and years as a merchant marine in Canada and Alaska. Trained at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, Kelly developed a distinctive atmospheric style.

Good estate condition.