BOATS AND THE SEA paintings by E. Mayan	marine subjects, rivers, etc.
Barge on the Seine, oil on Masonite

Manhanset ferry, oil on Masonite, 24 x 30     Northport oyster boats, oil on canvas board, 22 x 28     Fredonia, Boston, oil on Masonite, 17-1/4 x 16     The Cradle, Lynn, Mass., oil on Masonite, 32 x 25     Providence, Tampa Bay, oil on Masonite, 16 x 24     Boats on the Mississippi, St. Louis, oil on board, 22 x 28     Montauk, oil on Masonite, 6-1/2 x 4-3/4

How our minds deceive us! To look forward, or back, for that matter, is gloss on a somber sea, where the tossing waves, gently, it seems, propel us toward our ends. To embrace this distance of time, is an escape. Come, be a good fellow, do admit it:   release from what we presently endure. It is a slippery slope which allows us to glide, pleasantly, on our way. We cannot see, due to inept vision, that the merry-go-round does not turn, but stands mute and still, going neither forward or backward, and that the riders are strangely out of place, puppets stiffly positioned, not on a joy ride, but fixed to a tragic arc of inevitability.

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