托马斯Catlett斯金纳的办公室是一个阁楼overlooking the dry dock at the Newport News shipyard. Frequently he would gather his tools and wander through the yard, stopping to observe and document the many scenes unfolding before him. A vat of molten steel. Red hot metal beams being bent into shape. Yards of canvas transformed into sails. The welcome respite of a lunch break. The intensity of a foreman’s face. A ship being refitted for the next voyage. Scenes that were rarely seen by anyone outside the shipyard and activities that many people never knew existed.
Skinner的工具是油漆，铅笔，画布和纸。他的阁楼工作空间震撼了无休止的锤击锤和重型机械的振动。当他将画架设置在码头，干燥的码头和工人旁边时，他被噪音和污垢所包围，并暴露于天气的斑节上。尽管有逆境，但他创造了惊人的绘画和绘画，使观众及时地将观众带回了。他的作品包含醒目，丰富多彩的图像，使您很容易想象造船厂中的所有声音，在船上发挥作用的波浪和感觉的声音和战斗的刺耳声音。今天，作为我们90的一部分Th周年庆典，我们看一下水手博物馆的工作人员托马斯·斯金纳（Thomas Skinner），他的一些作品及其重要性。
