Peter Corbin (b. 1945)
Tarpon's Tempest,1989
signed and dated "Peter Corbin 1989" lower left
acrylic on canvas, 24 by 36in. in.
Peter Corbin discusses his painting: "This painting was done in 1989 in the Islamorada area of the Florida Keys. Stu Apte was teaching me the finer points of tarpon fishing so I would paint them correctly. He is the angler and Jose Wejebe, then a young guide starting out, was on the stern. Stu was adamant that I painted things correctly, like the angler bowing to the fish as it leapt. I did several paintings of the two of them. Jose is gone but I still see Stu once in a while and I still fish and paint this wonderful fish."
Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey
Literature: Tom Davis, "Peter Corbin, An Artist's Creel," Manchester, VT, 2005, p. 176, print illustrated.
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