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| WILLARD BOND |
Willard Bond is
quite simply the number-one painter of sailing action in the world. His posters and prints - his originals in oil and watercolor, have
won him a huge following among sailors and those who love the constant movement of the sea in all its moods.
He was born in the
Pacific Northwest and grew up on Lake Cour d'Alene in Northern Idaho. In World War II he acquired experience on battleships, cruisers and destroyer escorts while serving in the South Pacific and was among the first miliary personnel in occupied Japan.
Bond spent 15 years of "making the SoHo scene" in lower Manhattan, both as a ceramic muralist and as an easel artist. His large ceramic murals from this period can still be seen around New York at Cannon Point North under the 59th Street Bridge and at the Eugene O’Neill Theater, to name a few. Bond was then bitten by the Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome bug and moved to a rain jungle by the sea in Jamaica, where he experimented with geodesic dome construction for five years.
The advent and design of today’s sleek racing boat and Bond's artistic interpretation have proven a perfect match. Willard was fortunate enough to get involved with the Freedom Syndicate during the 1984 America's Cup series. He was invited to straphang on Freedom in a warmup tacking duel with Liberty before the last Liberty-Courageous race. Since then he has been getting additional onboard experience in world class racing.
Bond studied at the Chicago Art Institute, the Art Students League of New York and is a graduate of Pratt Institute Art School. He is a Fellow in the American Society of Marine Artists. Bond was featured in an article in the summer 1980 edition of Sea History, the Winter, 1982 edition of Nautical Quarterly, and
the August 1987 issue of The Yacht. Willard paints in his studio in the Catskills
and is a frequent visitor to Annapolis for the United States Sailboat Show, and
for openings at the Annapolis Marine Art Gallery.
We at Annapolis
Marine Art are proud to represent Willard Bond We have become the largest dealer of Bond paintings and images anywhere. |
Willard Bond Prints
Click on images to enlarge!

At the Mark (P L G) Off Annapolis (P G)

Bermuda
Run (G) Breaking
Through (G)

Close Encounter (G) Lay
Line (P G)

Close Hauled (P G) Cup
Contender (L)

Coming On (G) Hull
Speed (P G)

First Around (P
L G) Sloop
on an Off Green Sea (L)

Take Down (P
L G) Star
Wars (P G)

Battle at the Mark (G) Horizon
Job (P G)

On the Bow (P
L G) On
the Edge (P G)

Pacific Drop (G) Leading
the Fleet (G)

North Sea (G) Knarr
Class (L G)
Seventh Wave (G) Screamers (G)

Gossamer Takedown (G) Inches
to Spare (P G)

Crossings (G) Running
Home (P L G)

Spinnaker Heaven (G) Summer
Trio (G)

Off Newport
(L G) Riding
the Wind (P G)

Comin' Atchya! (G)

Courageous (G) Windward Shore (G)

Sailing High (G) NEW!

February 14th (G) NEW!

Following Sea (G) NEW!

Getting There (G) NEW!

Sailor Take Warning (G) NEW!

A Delicate Balance (G) NEW!
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Prints Shown Below
Six New Bond Giclee Prints Available!
Willard
Bond's print editions are published in several formats:
POSTERS
LIMITED
EDITIONS
GICLEE
PRINTS
POSTERS - Full color lithographs on glossy paper, Unlimited edition
size
Standard
Poster size Approx 20" by 26"
Price
$45
LIMITED
EDITIONS - Full color lithographs on archival paper, signed and numbered by the artist, Edition size 750
Standard Size Approx 20" by 26"
Price
$150
GICLEE
PRINTS - Large-format images on paper or canvas, signed and numbered by
the artist. Digitally reproduced, 100 times more resolution than a
conventional lithograph, Edition
Size 150
Standard Size 30" by 40", Custom
sizes available.
Price
$975
Any given print might be available in only one format or
all three.
Available formats are designated below each print as follows:
P = Poster L = Limited Editon G = Giclee
WHAT
IS A GICLEE?
This is the question we answer most. "Giclee"
is a colloquial French term for "little sprays" and refers to a method of art printing which
utilizes digital and ink-jet technology. The prints are special for their extreme resolution, faithfulness to the original, and size flexibility.
The original painting is imaged using very high-resolution photographyand angular lighting which highlights surface texture, particularly in the case of oil paintings. The image is stored digitally and printed, one at a time, in a process which requires about an hour and a half per sheet.The printer utilizes nozzles which spray 7-micron pixels onto paper orcanvas. The image is often finished with a varnish which adds an additional protective layer against moisture and fading.
In the quest for prints which are as close
to the original as possible, Giclee is a quantum leap from traditional four-color lithography. |
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