"Boatnik Race Day"
by John Granacki
Oil painting on stretched canvas, 30" x 20"
custom framed by the artist

Every Memorial Day in Grants Pass since 1959 we've had the "Boatnik Celebration" featuring whitewater hydroplane jet boat racing tournaments, a carnival, a parade, and other delights.  This is what the former looked like (I couldn't paint fast enough so first I took a photo...) as two raceboats ripped through the relatively smooth stretch of the Rogue River between Shan Creek and Griffin Park.

This is another of those bizarre masterpieces rendered without brushwork, the entire painting (excepting the signature) being rendered with nothing other than palette knives. Most of the painting is rather thick.

Special thanks to Grants Pass Art Supply
& Gamblin's Neo Megilp!
 


If you are interested in acquiring this painting, the most certain way to make sure someone else doesn't get it first is for you to use PayPal and buy it right this instant!  I will ship it to you ASAP, or if you are local I can bring it and meet you at the Grants Pass Artisans & Crafters market on Saturday, or I can personally deliver it to your southern Oregon home or business.

  $575

 

 


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