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Page 1 of 2 Geof hunt Marine Artist London native, Geoff Hunt, studied graphic design and worked in advertising before going free-lance in 1972. Amongst other work, he was Art Editor of the Warship journal until 1979, but he is best known for his series of twenty-one book covers for Patrick O'Brian's  famous Aubrey-Maturin novels and his brilliant marine fine art paintings.
In 1979 he sold his house and went sailing for a year in the Mediterranean. An article detailing his voyage was featured in the British Yachting Press. Since his return, he has devoted himself to his lifelong passion of marine painting and has become one of the top marine fine artists in the world. His studio is in Wimbledon.
Geoff Hunt was an advisor on the motion picture, Master and Commander, Far Side of the World, starring Russell Crowe, directed by Peter Weir. Several of the shots in the movie were inspired by Hunt’s paintings.
His work is now represented in the permanent collections of the Royal Navy Museum, Royal Navy Submarine Museum and in private collections worldwide. He exhibits regularly with the RSMA and galleries in Knightsbridge, London, Lymington, Hampshire, and in the USA at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut and in New York. He was recently elected president of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Beautifull ship artowork (Geoff Hunt) (Click on pictures to view in full size) Mediterranean deployment: USS Ontario leading Decatur`s squadron, 1815 Cutty Sark and Thermopylae Lymington Quay, circa 1790 Shipbuilding along the Kennebec River, Maine; the Henry B. Hyde alongside Nina and pinta racing home, February 1493 Centurion closing with Nuestra Senora de Cobadonga Wager in the Great Southern Ocean, 1741 HM Brig Sophie in Port Mahon Nelson`s Agamemnon: Mediterranean, 1796 Battle of St. Vincent, 14 february 1797 Tormented Giant - the Santisima Trinidad harried by Terpsichore A slight error of judgement: French 74-gun ships in collison Bellona and Courageux coming home, Spithead 1761 HMS Worcester HMS Bellona on blockade duty off Brest Treason`s Harbor - Grand Harbour, malta, HMS Surprise HMS Leopard, pursued by the Waakzamheid HMS Incostant and I`Unite HMS Brig Triton in action with privater HMS Trusty in English Harbour, Antigua Martinique landfall Star Clipper off Martinique, West Indies
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