Brazilian Canoe Art by Benedito Calixto
Sad times in Brazil, with firm evidence of the Airbus crash just emerging. But Brazilian correspondent Silvio Antunha sends information about an artist who documented the wonderful dugout canoes of his country. Benedito Calixto (1853-1927) was Silvios grand-uncle on his mothers side. Silvio sent several pertinent links, all in Portuguese, but well worth checking out even if, like me, you are afflicted by "Americans Disease" and cant do anything but English.
http://br.geocities.com/benedicto_calixto/pagina_marinhas.htm
http://www.novomilenio.inf.br/santos/calixt45.htm
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedito_Calixto
The first of the links above, from which I borrowed the painting at the top of this post, has some formatting problems, but if you move your cursor carefully along the right-hand column of thumbnails, youll eventually find the links to larger images. (No problems with the left-hand column.) The image of the artist himself, below, is from the Wikipedia site.
Silvio points out that the artists name translates as Sacred Goblet (i.e., Holy Grail?).
Ive written about Brazilian dugouts previously, mostly with Silvios valuable input. This link will bring them all up. If you want still more, theres some great stuff on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8yHb43wjzE&NR=1 Dugout regatta sailing action: these things seem to behave beautifully in a chop, and seem surprisingly forgiving of "bad" technique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow11ZqvMWEM Mainly a slide show with some nice images of dugout construction. The image that appears around 1:25 shows some of the nicest lines Ive ever seen on a dugout.
http://br.geocities.com/benedicto_calixto/pagina_marinhas.htm
http://www.novomilenio.inf.br/santos/calixt45.htm
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedito_Calixto
The first of the links above, from which I borrowed the painting at the top of this post, has some formatting problems, but if you move your cursor carefully along the right-hand column of thumbnails, youll eventually find the links to larger images. (No problems with the left-hand column.) The image of the artist himself, below, is from the Wikipedia site.
Silvio points out that the artists name translates as Sacred Goblet (i.e., Holy Grail?).
Ive written about Brazilian dugouts previously, mostly with Silvios valuable input. This link will bring them all up. If you want still more, theres some great stuff on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8yHb43wjzE&NR=1 Dugout regatta sailing action: these things seem to behave beautifully in a chop, and seem surprisingly forgiving of "bad" technique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow11ZqvMWEM Mainly a slide show with some nice images of dugout construction. The image that appears around 1:25 shows some of the nicest lines Ive ever seen on a dugout.
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