I photographed 'Yankee Whalers' by putting it out in the sun
and shooting it with my Canon Digital Elph from dead-on
straight.

It isn't actually the best photographic reproduction of the
painting I've ever made, but I lost the prior one. In it, you
could see the details of the shirts the boat crews are wearing,
including several with the 'super-abundance of checked shirt.'

What struck me about this one was the sky. I don't recall ever
seeing one quite like it in Stan's paintings. It seems angry
with the death of the whale. It's truly spectacular in person
(I'm looking right at it as I type this).

Certainly having second thoughts about going over for the 100th,
if carry-ons of musical instruments aren't going to be allowed
on flights to/from the UK. Even if I did have cases adequate to
the task, I'm not about to trust any of my precious stuff to the
baggage manglers.