Aloft & Afloat Exhibition, Margate

My only one-man show for this year opens at the Margate Gallery on Friday (25 October).

Aloft & Afloat reflects my passion for machines which fly or float and includes paintings of the earliest flying machines through to the Lunar Module on the Moon in 1971.

The marine section has an historical and contemporary flavour too, together with a number of coastal studies.

The show runs until 17 November 2013.

Sketches for D-Day Commemoration 2014

I am continuing my research for a series of works to be complete in time for next years
D-Day Anniversary. I am still experimenting with treatments and colour values to achieve the final mood and texture. A quick preliminary sketch appears below.

I have also included a watercolour study done in 2011 of a visit to "Dog Green" sector of Omaha.

This sector was depicted in the movie "Saving Private Ryan". Notably missing in the film was the 10 foot seawall and road. The high bluff behind the beach is much further away and quite a bit higher too.

The first wave in the shallows

"Dog Green" Sector Omaha Beach 2011