The owners of the narrowboat Water Amaryllis asked me to paint traditional roses and castles on their
boat as well illustrate the name of the boat with a group of red amaryllis flowers on each side.
On the bow of the boat I painted traditional harlequin diamonds and triangles
with a circle in the point for an eye.
The starboard hatch doors painted with the traditional scumbling,
castles and roses
The port hatch doors and the main doors in the stern are also painted
with the traditional decoration. Each pair of castles on the hatch
doors vary from the others but all have the standard sea, river,
bridge, sailing boat, mountains, birds and of course the castles
On both sides of the boat, at each end, swags of the narrowboat
roses are added. Centrally I paint the red amaryllis
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