Jim Lyons Contemporary Provincetown " Captain Jack's Wharf " Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Plein Air Oil Painting

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This Jim Lyons Contemporary Provincetown " Captain Jack's Wharf " original one-of-a-kind Abstract Expressionist custom framed En Plein Air oil … Read more This Jim Lyons Contemporary Provincetown " Captain Jack's Wharf " original one-of-a-kind Abstract Expressionist custom framed En Plein Air oil painting on canvas panel board is a very special and unique piece to add to your collection.

The original oil painting on canvas panel board is painted in 2015 by the artist Jim Lyons. The Abstract Expressionist style composition is created using a traditional French En Plein Air easel painted technique. It features an land and seascape view of the historic Captain Jack's Wharf located in the Wend End Bay Beach harbor of Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Captain Jack was Jackson R. " J.R. " Williams ( 1861 - 1935 ) a trap fisherman born across Commercial Street from the wharf. In 1897 he built a 100ft wharf into the harbor from his property at 73A Commercial Street with cottage shack pier sheds. He later added 100 more feet to the wharf. Using the wharf for his fishing business and only later when weir fishing declined in the 1920's he began to rent out rooms to tourists and members of the summer artist's colony, naming it " Studios-On-The-Sea ". later in the 1930's it was sold to new owners who renamed it " Captain Jack's Wharf " as it is still known today.

Like many other Provincetown landmarks, Captain Jack's has its share of legends - playwright and screen writer Tennessee Williams dis stay at the wharf in the 1940's, and by his own account, fell in love with another man for the first time ; a man he met here. Captain Jack's Wharf perhaps may be the most photographed iconic Provincetown landmark that still stands today as a rambling cluster of cottages and rooms that stretch out along a 200ft wharf jutting into Provincetown harbor very much in the same character as when it was built.

The framed Abstract Expressionist painting measures 17 3/8" W X 13 3/8" H X 2 3/8" D.

It is custom framed in a Contemporary Modern natural white oak wood minimal profile deep sided museum box style floater frame molding, with an attached hanging wire on the reverse back side for easy wall installation.

It is in excellent " like new " condition. The painting is in excellent " like new " clean condition consistent with age, very light signs of handling, and very light minor wear. It is brand newly custom framed and has never been displayed. Please see photos for condition reference. It is now being offered here for an excellent price. See less