About 20 years ago, as I was falling in love with the architecture of Seth Raynor, a unique idea occurred to me. What if I could obtain four original paintings of Raynor's famous template one-shot holes, and choose those four from among the finest examples of each (Redan, Eden, Short and Biarritz)? The first one was easy, as I was able to purchase a beautiful water color painting from a local Charleston artist named Hermein Tovey of the fantastic Redan hole at Yeamans Hall Club. That was my first, and the quest was on to complete my set of paintings, which I planned to hang on the same wall together. To make a long story short, the wall was completed in 2006. My four paintings are:
Redan Yeamans Hall Club
Short Shoreacres
Eden Camargo Club
Biarritz Fishers Island
My question is...have I chosen the finest example of each of Raynor's one shot holes? I didn't set out to accomplish that...but now that I've had them for more than a decade, it makes me believe there may be no better examples of these famous template one-shot holes than the ones that hang on my office wall at home. Which holes would you all suggest would be superior to any listed above in each category? Just curious. Thanks in advance for your feedback.
TS