This 29"x40" watercolor was done for the occasion of my parents golden anniversery in 1989. It is the village in Greece from where my Father's family comes. They family operated a small merchant fleet in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. In 1928 my Grandfather returned to Greece to join his brothers' fleet. In 1930, after two years at sea my grandfather had enough, and returned with his family to America and Detroit to re-enter the restaurant business. The three tall masted vessels are the family fleet. From left to right is the Adelphotis, the Panagia, and the Charavie. At the end of World War II while trying to make a return trip from the Greek mainland the Adelphotis hit a mine killing all of the adult males in my Grandfather's family.