Fisherman's Wharf                                                                  Docks                                                                        Boats at Rest

                                         
                                Little Boats                                                                             Long Pier                                                                    Monterey Wharf Pier
            
                                  
                                    New Holiday                                                                        Old Pier                                                                        Vengeance

          
                            Randy's Pier                                                  Fish Out Of Water-Old Monterey                       Wooden davits-After Armin Hansen


    Storm Watch-After Armin Hansen 1928                              Returning Fishermen-After Armin Hansen 1930


       Resting Fleet -Monterey 1928-After Armin Hansen                      Fish Market-Monterey 1928-After Armin Hanse

Across The Harbor-Monterey 1929-After Armin Hansen

I spent months taking hundreds of photographs on and around the Monterey wharf areas and then narrowed down the photos to a very select few from which to work from.

Like the famous local artist/etcher of the past Armin Hansen before me, I am drawn to and attracted by the local fishing boats and views of the Pacific ocean and our wonderful coast line.

I continued to return to the wharf area over the next several years adding etchings to the original set and finally ended up over 20 different views of the wharf and surrounding area.

In my opinion, Etchings are meant to be small. The largest of my plates are only about 8” x 10” , the size of a piece of writing paper, and sometimes even these seem too big to me.

The majority of my etchings are only about 5” x 7”, That may seem small in comparison to the large oil paintings you normally see in art galleries, but are actually about the same size used by many of the famous etchers of the past dating back to the very earliest days of the art.

I tend to agree with many of the past masters that etchings are to be quick studies and impressions of places that affect you. Etchings are not supposed to be long, drawn out affairs full of minute details and overworking. They are meant to capture fleeting glimpses of everyday objects and view points.

There are many times that I have to stop myself from overworking the plates and obsessing over too much detail. I have to remember that in etching: “Less is More”. You have to remember to keep the image as fresh as possible using the fewest possible lines.

After working on this series, it seemed like a natural progression to start creating a set of etchings on Old Monterey landmarks.

Many other etchings available on Fishermans Wharf-Contact the artist directly for a complete list: tanandwater@aol.com

I have also completed a special set of six tribute etchings of local artist/etcher Armin Hansen (see above for images)