Marine artist Thomas Willis did the embroidery onto canvas but who painted the backgrounds prior to his attaching his velvet anf threads to the canvas? Some say Jacobsen did some and sold the canvas with water and sky to Willis to work with. I am interested in others opinions Thanks, John

-- John W. Courtland (JWCourt@aol.com), March 24, 2000

Answers

Hi John, I've never considered someone else painting the backgrounds, any of the listings I've seen ( only half a dozen or so )have Willis as the "Artist" with out any mention of who did the background.

-- Mike Wilcox (appraisers@sympatico.ca), March 24, 2000.