Oil on canvas.
During the 1950s, Ted Christensen lived and worked aboard the schooner, Lassen, in Sausalito. By day he was a potter with Heath Ceramics then located in what is now the new addition to the Casa, Madrona Hotel. From 1952-1960 he taught in the Art Department of the College of Marin. In recent years he has come to be recognized as "one of the finest landscape artists in America."
First Purchase Award, Sausalito Arts Fair, 1954 Gift of the Sausalito Arts Center