The final piece of my latest commission is now complete. In total the commission comprised four paintings depicting a furious battle on 10 January 1941 seventy miles west of Malta.
The armoured aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious was part of an escort for a convoy of merchant ships with supplies for Malta when she came under air attack by German dive bombers.
My task was to illustrate the action from four different viewpoints, sea level, from the escorts, from the air and finally from the flightdeck.
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| HMS Illustrious 1 |
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| HMS Illustrious 2 |
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| HMS Illustrious 3 |
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| HMS Illustrious 4 |
