It is with great sadness that I bring you the news of Yves Parent's passing.  He was 69 years old.  We lost him in July and we will miss him dearly.  He died in France surrounded by his family.

Born in Normandy in 1941, Yves Parent was exposed to art and the sea from an early age.  Sailing and painting have always been his passion.  His watercolors are always with him.  He uses his watercolor tablet to sketch and paint as he travels on the water.  His notations remind him of the place, the conditions, and the colors that he experienced so that the painting, which he finishes in his Connecticut studio, is just as he wants it to be.  Yves has been a crew member in many offshore races between 1962 and 1980, including the Whitbread.  He has single handed his sailboat across the Atlantic.  Now he concentrates on his art.  Two books of his watercolors, both now out of print, were published in Paris.

carmen's is one of the fortunate east coast galleries in which Parent's paintings hang.  Parent began with watercolor as his favorite medium and maritime scenes his chosen subject matter.  In the end, though, Yves painted luminous, wonderful oil paintings of life on the water.  Until the end, Yves was still the consummate sailor and renaissance man as he sailed into Solomons harbor once or twice a year and added a touch of French flavor to our island.  We will always remember Yves Parent with fondness and as one of our favorite gallery artists in the 30 years that we have been here.

Please do not judge the quality of the paintings on the quality of the photos.  Carmen took these!
Also, we're working on it, but these are not all of the photos of work available.  Please call 410.326.2549 and we'll send you photos of others and give info on prices & sizes.