A Mariner's Eye for Detail and Narrative Claus Hoie (1911-2007) was an artist whose soul was irrevocably shaped by the salt spray and the vast, unpredictable horizons of the sea. Born in Stavanger, Norway, he was the descendant of a maritime lineage; with both his father and grandfather serving as ship’s captains, the language of the ocean was his first lullaby. This deep-seated connection to seafaring would become the heartbeat of his creative output. Though he emigrated to the United States at the tender age of thirteen, settling in Brooklyn, New York, the echoes of the Norwegian coast fol…