Art gallery [Large pictures warning!!]

[Aktungbby]

/\ Well! I'll pay $1.50 for that!...just to keep the joke finding it's "mark??":O:

[Eichhörnchen]

^ :haha:

[Dowly]

http://i.imgur.com/wdbutWVh.jpg (https://imgur.com/wdbutWV)

Lieutenant Olli Remes photographed in Vilmajoki on November 21st, 1941.

During the Winter War, Remes led a detachment in Independent Battalion 17 (ErP 7), a guerrilla unit whose missions often took them behind enemy lines.
In the Continuation War he served first as a platoon leader and later as company commander in Infantry Regiment 54, before taking on company commander's duties in the 12th Brigade.
He was awarded the Cross of Freedom 4th class w/ swords, CoF 3rd class w/ swords, Winter War medal and he was the 10th recipient of the Mannerheim Cross (2nd class).
Remes was killed by a sniper's bullet two days after being promoted to the rank of Captain, on December 31st 1942 in Kriv at the age of 33.

He left behind a wife and two children.
Remes' final resting place is at Vieremä war heroes' cemetery (grave #113).


(Colorized by yours truly)

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/0HA6smE.jpg

Me262 flown by Major Erich Hohagen from Lechfeld, 1944 (11X14" acrylic on panel)

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/Z4CWTWw.jpg

The last one is sold so a replacement has to be made... this is as yet unfinished

https://i.imgur.com/G0KRCdp.jpg

[fumo30]

@Eich


Good work.:yep:


This is a bit OT, but I recently learned that you Englishmen have a kind of Bermuda triangle of yer own in place called Derbyshire. where people report seeing mysterious old warplanes flying silently and vanishing without a trace. You heard about this?

[Eichhörnchen]

Thanks... I heard about that too and found these:

http://www.messagetoeagle.com/uks-bermuda-triangle-mystery-of-ghost-airplanes-over-peak-district/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series1/dark-peak.shtml

[fumo30]

^Interesting stuff, gonna learn more.

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/UYTNHV1.jpg

"ABC" Lancaster of 101 Sqn Ludford Magna, 1944:

https://www.lincolnshirelife.co.uk/posts/view/raf-ludford-magna-the-secret-squadron1

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/qZjpaHV.jpg

Still at the very beginning of this one... trying to give an impression of wartime Duxford illuminated below the clouds, as a 302 Sqn Hurricane arrives home. I've blocked in the aircraft very sketchily at this stage... it will be properly worked up only after I've finished with the clouds

https://i.imgur.com/nsVkLhP.jpg A little further along...

https://i.imgur.com/iAcMoN8.jpg About another day's work to do

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/rGtUxi6.jpg

Some small lettering on fuselage to tidy up, plus the windscreen top needs raising a tad

[Aktungbby]

way to tidy up the antanna wire!:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Jimbuna]

Nice looking Hurricane Glynn but even better IMHO if it were rotated 180.

[Schroeder]

Nice looking Hurricane Glynn but even better IMHO if it were rotated 180.
Done.
https://i.postimg.cc/hjgN5pgH/rGtUxi6.jpg



Always happy to help.:D

[Eichhörnchen]

^:haha::salute:

[Jimbuna]

:):03:

[Eisenwurst]

We've got a "Christo" exhibition currently at the Art Gallery.

At the Entrance there's one of his earlier masterpieces, a plastic wrapped bunch of flowers ( probably $M pricetag ).

It inspired me to have a go when I got home.

http://i.imgur.com/gZndsJn.png

[Dowly]

Since it's that time of the year again when I rewatch the Alien trilogy, I made these thingamalings which show the color scheme of the movies in 2,000 screenshots.


ALIEN
https://i.imgur.com/RRjesGY.png


ALIENS
https://i.imgur.com/4HHb1qA.png


Alien 3
https://i.imgur.com/zV81l9T.png



And (Original) Blade Runner as bonus since I watched it recently as well.
https://i.imgur.com/lZVLuVG.png

[STEED]

Dowly you should put them on display in the Tate Modern. :)

[Eichhörnchen]

Today's 'work in progress'


https://i.imgur.com/yGw1DuC.jpg

This is a digital sketch done on the computer, using photographs of models, and is a commission from an author and Facebook buddy who's produced a couple of books about the exploits of spitfire pilots from Down Under

It shows the scene when eight Spitfires decided to mix it with around fifty german fighters, climbing to attack them head on with engine boosts engaged, knowing of the Germans' disdain for head-on confrontation. They successfully split the enemy swarm as it came down, subsequently claiming four destroyed & six damaged for no loss

There are no terrain or cloud details here, neither are the aircraft properly detailed yet... this will happen at the actual painting stage

[Eichhörnchen]

Changed things slightly: the nearest Spitfire and his wingman needed to be bigger... it's so helpful being able to manipulate the image on the pc these days

https://i.imgur.com/ch3lxBn.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/XgyQM0Y.jpg Just getting on with the aircraft now

https://i.imgur.com/x0eNR9J.jpg Nearly finished

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/vdyKg92.jpg

9th July 1944 near Lisieux, eight 453 Squadron spitfires take on around fifty enemy fighters in a bold climbing attack, knowing the Germans' disdain for head-on confrontations. The Aussies turned the diving enemy, who "Came down like a waterfall", and subsequently claimed 4 destroyed and 6 damaged for no loss to themselves

[fumo30]

8 spitfires attacking 50 Bf109*s from below.:o Now, that was bravery!:yep:


Gorgeous painting.:salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

Thanks, buddy... just like the Aussies to do that :salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/yzdgGIe.jpg

A 302 (Polish) Sqn. Hurricane arrives home over Duxford airfield during 1940

(16x20" acrylic on canvas)

[Jimbuna]

Nice :cool:

[Commander Wallace]

Great pictures and artistry, as usual, E. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Eichhörnchen]

Thanks, Jim & CW... I've been tinkering with the Hurricane painting again, so will probably post an improved picture shortly

[Catfish]

I may not always post here but i am always impressed of what people are able to paint, mood and all. Well done! :up:

[mapuc]

I'm like Catfish, does not pay this thread much attention.

But when I do I always think of my idea

Paint & Bid for subsim.

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

Thanks, Jim & CW... I've been tinkering with the Hurricane painting again, so will probably post an improved picture shortly



https://i.imgur.com/iQfFgdf.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Thanks, buddy... just like the Aussies to do that :salute: Shooting up from "Down Under??!!:O:

[Eichhörnchen]

Here's a pair of doggies I painted many many years ago... hence the rather degraded photo quality. Only 5x7 inches each on panel, they always sold well did these gun dogs... then suddenly nobody wanted them any more. I used to enjoy painting these

https://i.imgur.com/boSPgiE.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/l8dQV1n.jpg

Gordon Setter and Red (Irish) Setter... woof!

[Commander Wallace]

^ Incredible pictures E. First rate. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Texas Red]

Those look like the kinds of dogs me and my Grandpa use to go hunting with! :yep:

[Eichhörnchen]

^Yup, they're working dogs alright

@ CW thanks again, matey

[Texas Red]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/80/ed/18/80ed18a46784c8241cc29f44fb848db9.jpg
I think this is a cool representation of Otto Kretschmer's tactics in attacking convoys. Go in between the convoy columns while surfaced and attack!

[Texas Red]

Whoops now. I didn't follow the rules! YIKES!

[Texas Red]

https://i.postimg.cc/cL9RZ0k5/SH4-Img-2020-05-05-07-58-01-988.jpg


OK here is a screenshot of my SH4 FotRSU game.

Here is another one. A funny glitch.
https://i.postimg.cc/3JdQ3dzp/SH4-Img-2020-05-05-08-07-14-068.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

Is the signature on that painting John Hamilton? I'm planning to paint a couple of mosquitos attacking a U-Boat some time... that's a great picture!

[Texas Red]

Thank you and yes it is, Eichhornchen.

[Eichhörnchen]

Yeah I wish I could get skies like that in my screenies

[Eichhörnchen]

I just finished this today, a simple portrait of the famous "Wooden Wonder". Commissioned painting in acrylic on 12x16" canvas

https://i.imgur.com/rPU43eF.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Very nice Glynn, probably my favourite WWII aircraft.

[Aktungbby]

It sure wasn't Herman Goerings! One destroyed a radio station in the middle of his broadcast in addition to a Gestapo HQ!

[Eichhörnchen]

I had to make some improvements and corrections:

https://i.imgur.com/lCPWWtj.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/49GY6dC.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Blackbirds nest :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/S60Vh1L.jpg Done on a 14x10" panel

[Eisenwurst]

This is REAL Art. You got real talent mate.

I went to the Art Gallery of New South Wales today ( not long reopened after long lockdown ) and was shocked by their current VERY politically correct exhibition going on.

[Commander Wallace]

Eisenwurst is right, big E. You have real talent.:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:
I like your action pictures with various airplanes, but the animal pictures like your last one is among your best. I liked the pictures you did a while ago of the cats you had.


Great picture, Eichhörnchen. :up:

[Catfish]

This is looking phantastic, not onle real but it is able to carry over the mood of the landscape, and time.
This is done so well!

[Jimbuna]

Aye, an exceptional talent Glynn.

I've also noticed your website is now restricted.

[Texas Red]

Yea I am way better at drawing pictures then I am at painting them. Plus I don't really like to color my pictures unless I have to.

You really do have an amazing talent! Keep up the good work. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Skybird]

This is REAL Art. You got real talent mate.


Thats more than just talent. That is real skill.



:up:

[Eichhörnchen]

Thank you, guys... these were unexpected and very touching comments

The cows were photographed many years ago (I changed the colouring of the one at the front since she is, in fact, the same beast as the one following on behind!). The landscape is from my own imagination

[Eichhörnchen]

Aye, an exceptional talent Glynn.

I've also noticed your website is now restricted.

Yes, I actually let it lapse at the end of July but I've kept the domain name just in case I ever get to reopen it

To cut a long story short, the web hosts pulled the rug from under us by moving their business onto a new platform, meaning that my site and all the others they hosted would have to rebuild from scratch (at a cost of £270 to me) in a form that could continue to be supported. I just couldn't justify this, as I'm no longer a full time painter (since my agent died a couple of years ago I've had to pack it in)

I've moved all my work onto my own "Profile Plus" page of a proxy website

[Jimbuna]

Yes, I actually let it lapse at the end of July but I've kept the domain name just in case I ever get to reopen it

To cut a long story short, the web hosts pulled the rug from under us by moving their business onto a new platform, meaning that my site and all the others they hosted would have to rebuild from scratch (at a cost of £270 to me) in a form that could continue to be supported. I just couldn't justify this, as I'm no longer a full time painter (since my agent died a couple of years ago I've had to pack it in)

I've moved all my work onto my own "Profile Plus" page of a proxy website

That's a shame, sorry to learn of it.

[Eichhörnchen]

I'm still getting the odd private commission; I received this message this morning from a lady who'd just unpacked my painting of her house. She told me a few minutes ago that I am welcome to share it and her comments around:

"It's arrived! And, I LOVE it, thank you so much... this is a gift to my husband and he was gobsmacked!"

https://i.imgur.com/Mco0EkI.jpg

I'd originally envisaged a narrower canvs so as not to have to have so much lawn along the bottom, but I could only get a size 16x20". It may have been for the best after all. Getting the three mutts in was a challenge; all from diverse photographs and taken at different angles and lighting (and she wanted them right where I've put them... so small too). People expect miracles sometimes, but I usually get by

[Jimbuna]

Nice job :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

Cheers... she now says she wants me to paint the front of the house too, once the builders have cleared out :)

[Jimbuna]

Cheers... she now says she wants me to paint the front of the house too, once the builders have cleared out :)

You just be careful old chap!

https://i.postimg.cc/sxw6fRqt/Ej-T-ff-Wo-AY6gyp.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
"Glynn, paint me like one of those French women" :O:

[Eichhörnchen]

No, mate... I've already got one of those here :haha:

[Catfish]

Cheers... she now says she wants me to paint the front of the house [...]
Thank god we have a frame house :03:

Seriously, this is very well done :up:

[Aktungbby]

No, mate... I've already got one of those here :haha:Every great artiste has his 'muse': Leonardo, his Mona; Wythe, his Helga; Goya, his Maja;...You've certainly got yours: Glynn, his Moira:yeah:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/JoMbWuD.jpg Okay, just for you

[Texas Red]

:haha::haha::haha:


It looks amazing! I certainly do love it!

My suggestion for a next painting would be something outdoorsy related, something like hunting or fishing, or just taking a hike.

You certainly have an excellent talent!

Keep it up! :salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/Jsnic62.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6871SnA.jpg

(I always paint these gundogs on small panels... either 5x7" or 6x8")

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/lugl0Yc.jpg https://i.imgur.com/gqXHiLo.jpg

Two sold very quickly last week; customer had seen my work on an antiques stand at the Birmingham Show, then recently looked for me online. I guess this is the only way it's going to happen now

[Catfish]

So these are really miniatures, i thought them to be much larger. Very nice! :up: Including the presentation with the fallen leaves..

So only online because of that virus i suppose :(

[Jimbuna]

So these are really miniatures, i thought them to be much larger. Very nice! :up: Including the presentation with the fallen leaves..

So only online because of that virus i suppose :(

I think you'll find the answer at #808 Kai

[Eichhörnchen]

So these are really miniatures, i thought them to be much larger:(

The robin is 7x5" and the hare 8x6" without the frames

[Catfish]

ok, but i did not put the "sad" smilie behind my sentence :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

ok, but i did not put the "sad" smilie behind my sentence :hmmm:

:haha: ooops... my bad! :haha:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/6FDlrIi.jpg

I just finished this for a customer in the next village... I'll deliver it to him tomorrow so he can hang it in time for Christmas (acrylic on 10x8" box canvas)

[Texas Red]

:up:

looks excellent! Perfect for nature lovers

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/gWIGYU3.jpg Painted by me on 8x6" panel

[Jimbuna]

I've always liked Magpies but earlier this month the wife and I witnessed them picking off the young of the Blue Tits which were nesting in three of our boxes.

I readily admit it is down to mother nature but the noise during the carnage was quite distressing so as of a few weeks ago the dog is let out into the rear property area whenever they are spotted at any of the feeding stations.

[Aktungbby]

https://i.imgur.com/gWIGYU3.jpg Painted by me on 8x6" panelCounting all the birds in the painting, U could title this masterpiece "Corvid 19"!?? But hey, I'm jus' raven madly!:O:

[Catfish]

Counting all the birds in the painting, U could title this masterpiece "Corvid 19"!?? But hey, I'm jus' raven madly!:O:
Oh yes you are :wah: :haha:

Beautiful paintings, i especially like the robin, or redchest? Would be a "Rotkehlchen" (~red throat, but with a "cutifying" ...chen in german). We often see them at the bird feeder, but most leave us in the winter (I also would ..)
:up:

[Eichhörnchen]

^ The robin redbreast, different from the US robin which is a completely different species

In Victorian England postmen were nicknamed "Robins" because they wore a red tunic, and at Christmastime cards often depicted robins dressed in a blue postman's hat delivering the seasonal mail

https://i.imgur.com/5THn7ES.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

Somebody commissioned me to paint a much larger version of something I did for a Christmas card years ago and thanks to him this will now be on a card once more

https://i.imgur.com/psQswIe.jpg

[mapuc]

Oh man what a beautiful painting. Would love to do a cross stitch with that motive.

Markus

[Aktungbby]

Somebody commissioned me to paint a much larger version of something I did for a Christmas card years ago and thanks to him this will now be on a card once more

https://i.imgur.com/psQswIe.jpg

NICE! & proof it pays 2 B a "desirable artist"!:arrgh!: with a commi$$ion...just in time for Chri$tma$!:Kaleun_Salivating: ls the church in the background real?

[fireftr18]

:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Skybird]

Eichhörnchen,

you should illustrate books with fairy tales. Somehow I think your style fits with these. Great artistry on display. :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

ls the church in the background real?

It would probably have been one that I photographed, but this was copied from a printed copy of my original so I can't be sure

@ Markus, fireftr and Skybird: thanks, guys... do kids still read fairytales?

[Catfish]

They are indeed very nice, capturing the feel and moment :)

^ i take it that yes, some. There was recently a female tale-teller in some 19th century outfit and some requisites during a vintage car meeting in the vicinity, telling some of Grimm's fairy tales, and the children were hooked.
It was also the first time i saw a silk chicken (silky/fowl?), now i know where Mrs Rowling got the idea of a "hippogriff"..

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/goSLQKo.jpg

My (modified) copy of a Peder Mønsted painting, requested by a friend to give to her man for his birthday yesterday

She wanted the composition altered some and a squirrel added, together with the wood pigeons. I suggested the birds but the squirrel was her idea, believe it or not

https://i.imgur.com/4kyl6pL.jpg

[Sean C]

Beautiful! You really are a gifted artist. :up:

[Commander Wallace]

As Catfish and Sean and others have said, you do really great work. I love not only the nature and animal and bird pictures but also your painting of aircraft. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:
I like the pictures of the spitfires and German aircraft.



Great work, Eichhörnchen. :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/757THuK.jpg Thanks, guys

[Jimbuna]

Very nice Glynn :salute:

[Catfish]

Very nice, i really like them :)

Looks like the squirrel in the first picture is looking for some mischief towards the doves :D
I do not believe you painted the squirrel on request, i firmly believe there's a secret squirrel hidden in each and every picture of yours, i just did not find them yet :haha:

[Eisenwurst]

https://i.imgur.com/757THuK.jpg Thanks, guys

I thought you were taller ?

[Commander Wallace]

^ :haha:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/U453V80.jpg

[Catfish]

Those war planes have aesthetics of their own, well captured :)
Looks more determined than the later "bubble" canopy versions
:up:

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Thanks :)

I couldn't have put it better myself - "more determined". This is indeed how the early flat top canopy made it look!

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/tuCks85.jpg

I don't believe I've shown this one here yet - painted a few years ago now on a 14X10" panel, it went to a man in Ireland who bought several of my pictures

[Commander Wallace]

https://i.imgur.com/tuCks85.jpg

I don't believe I've shown this one here yet - painted a few years ago now on a 14X10" panel, it went to a man in Ireland who bought several of my pictures




Great picture, Eichhörnchen. I haven't seen any picture that you have made that I didn't like. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Thanks, CW - maybe it's a generational thing - although young guys still are very interested in Spitfires and the like

[mapuc]

^ Thanks, CW - maybe it's a generational thing - although young guys still are very interested in Spitfires and the like

Not me I'm more into Nature, like the last painting you posted

A Sub riding on the waves during a storm-Well it's a sub surrounded by nature

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/A2Reiga.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

Here's a bit of back-story to the painting which I haven't included before: http://fw190.hobbyvista.com/440_382.htm
It's my imagining of the last flight of these dangerous birds

https://i.imgur.com/tIczTwn.jpg (14X11" acrylic on panel)

[Mork_417]

Somebody commissioned me to paint a much larger version of something I did for a Christmas card years ago and thanks to him this will now be on a card once more

https://i.imgur.com/psQswIe.jpg

OH... This one I really like.

Sorry, was going back reviewing your past postings in this thread.
Incredible work.

[mapuc]

I have had this crazy ideas for a long time now

I call it bid for SubSim.

Eichhörnchen paint some motive and we the other members place bid on them.

Not all of them at once but one at the time.

75 % Goes to SubSim and 25 % goes to the artist - Eichhörnchen

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

OH... This one I really like.

Sorry, was going back reviewing your past postings in this thread.
Incredible work.

Thanks, buddy :Kaleun_Salute: Here's a scan of a Christmas card which featured my original painting - I kind of prefer this one

https://i.imgur.com/8u1nkY9.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

I have had this crazy ideas for a long time now

I call it bid for SubSim.

Eichhörnchen paint some motive and we the other members place bid on them.

Not all of them at once but one at the time.

75 % Goes to SubSim and 25 % goes to the artist - Eichhörnchen

Markus

Great idea, Markus but it would contravene the rules of Subsim. Anyway I don't paint at all these days - I haven't done so for over a year now since retirement. I try to keep my life as simple as possible now :)

[Gorpet]

Great idea, Markus but it would contravene the rules of Subsim. Anyway I don't paint at all these days - I haven't done so for over a year now since retirement. I try to keep my life as simple as possible now :)

I think you do great paintings. And i thank you for posting them here.It's a shame you can't get the recognition that you dersive.Eichhörnchen you have talent that the world would like to see.

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Thanks for those kind words, buddy :Kaleun_Salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/4AgzUeX.jpg

At one time my pictures were shown in an art & craft gallery in the pretty coastal town of Alford up here in Lincolnshire

[Jimbuna]

The last time I saw one of your pictures it was on a WANTED poster :)

j/k :O:

[Eichhörnchen]

^ :haha::Kaleun_Applaud:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/al5fjXZ.jpg

[Catfish]

Beautiful painting.

I also notice that (even if the number is right when you count) cats always seem to have too much legs :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

I recently found a few of my old paintings on eBay; this one is only about 7x5 inches. I have to stress that I won't make a penny from showing these ads - I sold the paintings to a dealer many years ago but it's kind of nice to see them still changing hands for cash

https://i.imgur.com/IfqKGZJ.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/1GR5nOe.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Very nice Glynn but what does the date '1955' signify? Your age? Date of painting?, surely not.

[Aktungbby]

....his DOB obviously...I'm looking into acuiring a few works of this "desireable artist" myself!:D

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Looks like all you need do is visit eBay :o

[Dowly]

Dipped my toe in the world of AI over the weekend and since I like cats and Warhammer:


The Meowperor Protects!
https://i.imgur.com/pEoUe7M.png

[Dowly]

Since I'm reading The Lord of the Rings for the first time atm, this one was one of the first things I wanted to try and do with AI generation. Turns out that AI really doesn't work well with multiple subjects, so I ditched the idea. Today, I sat down and decided to take another shot at it and roughly five hours and a whole lot of Photoshop later, I finally managed to make it work.


Nazgûl and the Hobbit, in the style of Hildebrandt brothers' Tolkien paintings.
https://i.imgur.com/TCXkg5u.png

[Jimbuna]

Nice one :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/WdlUs2w.jpeg

I don't know who's selling this but no wonder they want to get rid of it

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/mSrxJAZ.jpeg

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/D3FMWkA.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/fR8jPWa.jpeg

This one got published on a greetings card - nice to see it turn up at auction

[Skybird]

Its like kids who left the house long ago one day return for a visit, eh? :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

^
Yes :) - I often used to wonder about who bought my work and where it might be hanging; I only occasionally met with a buyer or collector, most sales being conducted through a third party (art dealer)

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/2RdDxTw.jpeg

My painting depicting Flying Officer Tomasz Szlenkier's glorious day during Operation Bodenplatte, 1st January 1945

[Eichhörnchen]

Today I came across the first mention I've ever encountered - outside of my own knowledge - of the artist Bernard Page's nom de plume "David Beatty". Bernard Page was a good friend to me and helped me with contacts and advice when I first took up painting full time

It was known that he reserved his best work for certain dealers and I found online today some of his marine paintings produced under both names. I am assuming that he signed the potboilers "Bernard Page" - although these look as good to me as anything he ever painted

Dear Bernard passed away many years ago - younger than I am now - and asked his & my dealer at the time to fetch his brushes to his hospital bed. He asked him to fetch me too, but by then I was living 150 miles away in the middle of nowhere and recently become car-less. I do often wish I'd been able to see him but perhaps it would've been too awful - best to remember him as he was, looking like everyone's idea of an English teacher - always in tweed jacket & corduroy pants. He liked to burn the candle at both ends, so it was said, and he always did smell pleasantly of cigars and scotch

R.I.P. old shipmate

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[Skybird]

These are not the kind of paintings I would hang up on my walls, but I definitely appreciate the clear conception of lines (dont know how to put it better), and the performing execution,which looks sober, clean and in a certain way - again in absence of better words - "photorealistic".

Clean, straight, honest, focussed painting, without foolish gimmicks. Was he a Vulcan? :).

[Eichhörnchen]

:haha: He couldn't have been less like a Vulcan - he used to trade paintings for booze at a famous hotel and he did sway a little when he was talking to you


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Here's one of mine - nowhere near his standard. They're not to my taste either to be truthful, but as with any profession you take the work when and where