The Seaman's Eye Before he ever held a brush to canvas to capture the fury of the Atlantic, Andrew Winter knew the sea from the deck of a ship. Born Andres Jüri Winter in Sindi, Estonia, his early years were shaped by the salt and the wind. He spent his youth as a seaman, working on square riggers and later serving as a mate on American and British steamships during the Great War. This intimate, often dangerous relationship with the oc…