Courbet painted figurative compositions, landscapes, seascapes, and still lifes. His illustrations are ink sketches of idyllic scenes, primarily seascapes and landscapes. Berg painted scenes from his hometown including both landscapes and seascapes. He occupied himself as an artist painting portraits, landscapes and seascapes until his sight failed. Turner also painted very large landscapes, and above all, seascapes. Wawro is known for his paintings of landscapes and seascapes, all done in elaborate detail. They used bird feathers as brushes to form the sandy surface into seascapes and landscapes. They comprise scenic coastal areas, seascapes and important marine habitats. Around 1860 Gude began painting seascapes and other coastal subjects. Many of his paintings of seascapes and shipbuilding are based on Wearside scenes. He is known for his paintings of ships and Arctic seascapes. Local artist John O'Brien excelled at portraits of the city's ships, yacht races and seascapes. Albert Pinkham Ryder created moody and darkly visionary early modernist seascapes. He was an amateur musician and an artist whose specialty was watercolor seascapes. As a painter, he was noted for seascapes and portraits.