Jack Wisby

Untitled

Oil on canvas

n.d

Collection of the Mill Valley Public Library History Room

Wisby excelled at conveying Marin County light, as can be seen in this painting of a view looking down into Mill Valley across Richardson Bay, with San Francisco in the distance. Bright sunlight in the foreground gives way to a harmonious treatment of moist atmosphere with a progression of blue tones. In the middle of the painting
we see a train crossing the wetlands that aged the bay, and the white tower of Tamalpias high school. In the bay by Sausalito there are three and four masted ships.