My interest in marine subjects goes back to a time when, as a creative director, I was responsible for promotional art work for Camper & Nicholson yacht builders, Ratsey & Lapthorne sail makers, and Jack Holt yachting equipment etc. Also having a father in law who was a retired naval commander cemented my affection for the subject.
As with my other categories of subject, these paintings are started with my dark paint method using a cotton rag to reveal light through a mix of Burnt Sienna and French Ultramarine oil paint to kick start the dynamic effect I look for.
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HMS Calliope escaping from Samoa harbour during a hurricane in 1889″
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Available at the Tony Williams Gallery
‘Smoking Steam’
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Available at Tony Williams Gallery
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Available at the Marine House at Beer Gallery
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Top Bond Marine Award, RSMA Available at the Cotswold Contemporary Gallery
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Sold at The Marine House at Beer Gallery
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Available at Marine House at beer Gallery
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at the Marine House at Beer Gallery
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Available at the Tony Williams Gallery
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Available at the Tony Williams Gallery
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SOLD
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Available at Davidsons Fine Art, Totnes.
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SOLD
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Available at the Tony Williams Gallery
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SOLD
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Available at the Tony Williams Gallery
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Available at the Sea Pictures Gallery, Suffolk
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Available at the Cotswold Contemporary Galleries
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at the Marine House at Beer Gallery
SOLD
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A Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack,
Butting through the Channel in the mad March days
With a cargo of Tyne coal,
Road-rails, pig-lead,
Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.
John Masefield
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Available at Tony Williams Gallery
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Available at the Tony Williams Gallery
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Available at Tony Williams Gallery
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SOLD
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Available at the Tony Williams Gallery
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SOLD
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The knots of time and weather, seeded grass, and drifting weeds at Old Mill, Dartmouth.
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109 x 123 cm Available at Tony Williams Gallery
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Available at Tony Williams Gallery
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‘The Keel Block Men’
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‘Taking the Strain’ Oil on board
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Available at Tony Williams Gallery
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SOLD at the Marine House at Beer Gallery
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SOLD
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SOLD
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Watercolours
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