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Warner - "Dive Crews"

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"Dive Crews" Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (Oct 1 - Jan 17).  This exhibit features a unique series of 14 large-format oil paintings of hard hat divers at  work in arrestingly beautiful locations.

All paintings are based on job-site photos taken by the artist's son (Matt Nienow) who has worked in the dive industry since 1994.  The show is on display in the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Gallery Oct 1, 2009 - Jan 17, 2010).  Below are selected paintings from the show.

"Leap of Faith"
diveleapoffaith.jpg
oil on canvas, 36" x 26"

"Preparation"
divepreparation.jpg
oil on canvas, 36" x 28"

"Fresh Air"
divefreshair.jpg
oil on canvas, 26" x 30"

"The Blue Helmet"
divethebluehelmet.jpg
oil on canvas, 24" x 40"

"Final Check"
divefinalcheck.jpg
oil on canvas, 18" x 42"

"Helping Hand"
divehelpinghand.jpg
oil on canvas, 30" x 32"