Mystic Seaport, in Mystic, Connecticut, is the nation's leading maritime museum. Housing the world's largest collection of boats and maritime photography, Mystic Seaport serves over a million people annually. It is renowned for its recreated 19th-century village of historic buildings and tall ships, exhibit galleries and unique shipyard where the nearly lost art of wooden shipbuilding is brought to life.
The Museum's planetarium, book publishing program, and acclaimed research library complement extensive maritime education courses. The diverse archives of Mystic Seaport include the famous Rosenfeld Collection, representing the evolution of photographic technology, d...
Mandy Boursicot was born in Hong Kong during the late stages of the British colonial period. Her father was a French businessman and her mother was Macanese, that is, from Macau, of mixed Portuguese and Chinese descent. Although she excelled at art in her youth, her first university degree was in Economics and, following in her father's footsteps, she entered the world of commerce. After a 17-year lapse, she returned to the world of painting and drawing. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree and has exhibited internationally since 1994.
Mandy's work exemplifies the meeting of eastern and western cultures. She paints still life in a highly realistic manner, portr...
