TUG AMERICA
Acrylic on Board | 23 1/2”x20 1/2” framed
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Before his death in 2018, this 100-print limited edition was hand-painted by James Clary.
The tug America was one of the oldest tugs on the Great Lakes and is depicted with D&C Lines’ City of Detroit III.
MISS BUD 1990
Acrylic on canvas | 20”x16” framed
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Action! describes this exciting work of the 1990 Gold Cup champion. Sketches and drawings of hydroplane race boats on the Detroit River were Jim Clary's earliest and favorite works.
CLOSE THE ENEMY
Acrylic on canvas | 27”x37” framed
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Close-up action aboard the USS Constitution during her battle with HMS Java on December 29, 1812, Close The Enemy is believed to be the only pictorial of how it may have appeared on the decks of Old Ironsides during battle.
THOMAS W. LAWSON
Acrylic on canvas | 29”x35” framed
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The Thomas W. Lawson, with thirteen letters in her name, was the only seven-masted vessel in the world. Known as "Lucky Seven," the steel-hulled, 404' schooner was launched at Quincy, Massachusetts in 1902. She was initially designed to haul coal up and down the Atlantic coast, and did so until 1907, when the price of coal plummeted. Then refitted to carry bulk liquid, she was contracted by the Sun Oil Company (Sunoco), to haul 2.5 million gallons of light oil to England. It was during this maiden voyage across the Atlantic that she encountered three gales which rendered her sails useless. With no other means of propulsion, she went aground, broke up and sank off the Scilly Islands, Southwest of Cornwall. It was Friday the thirteenth, December 1907. Her demise would be marked as the world's first oil spill.
AMERICAN QUEEN
Acrylic on canvas | 20”x26” framed
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The largest stern-wheel steamer in the world arriving in Burlington, Iowa (the birthplace of Jim Clary), this painting was completed in the Fall of 2012.
CARL D. BRADLEY WRECK - VIEW 2
Acrylic on canvas | 25”x29” framed
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Carl D. Bradley Wreck - View 2 | Bow View.
The Bradley wreck was discovered and filmed by the DeepQuest Expedition of ‘95 & ‘97. The Bradley wreck site was first visited when explorers Jim Clary and Frederick Shannon, using the deep ocean submersible Delta, filmed the wreck in 1995. The last survivor Frank Mays descended to the wreck himself, dropping a memorial plaque at the site. Then in May of 1997, using a deep ocean robot, over twenty-four hours of film was obtained, which proved that the Bradley broke in two before sinking.
The Carl D. Bradley’s sinking in Northern Lake Michigan in November 18th, 1958 claimed more lives than any other recent Great Lakes disaster. Thirty-three sailors were lost that night in one of the twenty-one Great Lakes hurricane-type storms which have assaulted these waters since 1835.
HIGHLANDER SEA
Acrylic on canvas | 16”x24” framed
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The Highlander Sea is a 154’ long gaff-rigged two masted schooner, designed by Starling Burgess and built in Essex, Massachusetts in 1924. The ship was originally named “Pilot” and for 47 years she carried ships’ pilots to assist the larger ships coming in and out of Boston Harbor.
IN FOR IT
Acrylic on canvas | 19”x23” framed
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“Now we’re really In For It,” might have been the mournful expression heard aboard the Cape Horner after the mainsail blew.
MASTER TIRE
Acrylic on canvas | 12”x16” Unframed
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Between 1990 and 2011 Jim Clary set brush to canvas and portrayed this, and 16 other race boat scenes for the Famous Thunder Series. Thick rooster tails, tight turns, and famous guys behind the wheel(s) pass by excited crowds, and local landmarks to depict the sheer thrill of the sport.
Here, Master Tire takes a tight turn and throws a massive rooster tail in 2000.
STEWART J. CORT
Acrylic on canvas | 37”x30 1/2” framed
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The Stewart J. Cort was the first 1000-foot vessel on the Great Lakes when she entered service in 1972. She is the ONLY 1000-foot freighter with the pilot house forward, She carries iron ore on her regular route between Superior, Wisconsin and Burns Harbor, Indiana.
THE POINTY PART
Acrylic on canvas | 17”x21” framed
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Cutting through waves - “The Pointy Part” of any vessel is called - the bow.
CARL D. BRADLEY WRECK - VIEW 4
Acrylic on canvas | 25”x29” framed
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The Bradley wreck was discovered and filmed by the DeepQuest Expedition of ‘95 & ‘97. The Bradley wreck site was first visited when explorers Jim Clary and Frederick Shannon, using the deep ocean submersible Delta, filmed the wreck in 1995. The last survivor Frank Mays descended to the wreck himself, dropping a memorial plaque at the site. Then in May of 1997, using a deep ocean robot, over twenty-four hours of film was obtained, which proved that the Bradley broke in two before sinking.
The Carl D. Bradley’s sinking in Northern Lake Michigan in November 18th, 1958 claimed more lives than any other recent Great Lakes disaster. Thirty-three sailors were lost that night in one of the twenty-one Great Lakes hurricane-type storms which have assaulted these waters since 1835.
BRINGING SPIRIT
Acrylic on canvas | 16 1/2”x18” framed
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In early years many tall ships would bring fresh cut pines from the North and deliver them to harbors through the Great Lakes where joyful citizens waited for the Christmas season to begin. J. Clary depicts this scene with a horse drawn buggy carrying off the first load of trees.
For many years J. Clary held a December month-long benefit for the Salvation Army selling his prints and donating the proceeds. This painting was offered in 2012.
EMPRESS OF IRELAND
Acrylic on canvas | 24 1/2”x28 1/2” framed
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The Canadian Pacific Railway Co. liner Empress of Ireland departed Quebec on May 29th, 1914. Destined for Liverpool she encountered heavy fog. Sometime after midnight a much denser fog encompassed the area and the Norwegian collier Storstad made a tragic starboard turn directly into the starboards side of the Empress. With her electric ppower fading away, only one S.O.S. call went out. Within fourteen minutes the grand Empress sank with the loss of 1,106 souls.