Oil Painting 'The Gulf Stream' By Winslow Homer
The Gulf Stream, is an oil painting created by Winslow Homer in 1899. This piece of artwork showcases a young, African American man with only pants on for clothing, that has a destroyed boat and is in the middle of the ocean with sharks beneath him with crashing waves that are tipping his boat closer into the ocean all while he sits on the boat just looking out into the ocean. This artwork also shows us the mental strength of mankind, the ability to remain calm and collected in horrendous situations, such as what this young man is going through right now.
The man, despite being in such a death-like situation, has a calm face on. His facial features are not showing fear or any type of emotion for that matter. He has a passive, not at all worried