A sketch made from a low viewpoint on the 'Umberleigh'. It shows the trough of a wave at eye level. Everett has used form and colour to achieve the desired effect. Short, thickly applied and variously coloured brush strokes indicate the movement of the waves shown breaking on the left of the image. The sky is tinted with yellow and streaked red above the cloud line. The sun is just visible through the pink. Everett sailed in the steamer 'Umberleigh' from Barry, Wales to Vancouver in December 1933 and returned in March 1934. Everett later observed that from four days out from Barry, they saw the sun every day of the trip as far as the Panama Canal. This meant that there was plenty of colour, light and effects for him to capture in paint. However once they passed through the Canal the weather deteriorated the closer they got to Vancouver. Apart from the oil paintings made on this voyage, Everett also produced 75 watercolour sketches of the Panama Canal. the painting is inscribed 'Um'. See also BHC0170 and BHC0173.