History: Original oil painting. Painted in Sparks, Nevada - 1986. The focus on this subject was the water. This would unknowingly be one of Montyne's last commissions. The artists' stepson Tony Evans asked Montyne to create this work in his home. This is one of Montyne's themes, if not his passion, belief, and artistic principals. The Spanish Galleon, a former large 3 or 4 masted ship, developed during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, as a merchant vessel for commerce and war was the subject chosen by the artist. The Spanish Galleon resembled those of the oared galley; and they were built with emphasis on beauty.