Ship paintings

[Vegaskip]

HMS Sussex launches her Walrus.

Jim

[Vegaskip]

Life'sa Beach!

'Puffer' unloading coal on a Western Isles beach.

jim

[BANYAN]

Nice deep rich colours in your latest JIM

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Vegaskip]

Thanks Pat. I did this for a friend who worked for a while,taking Timber to the beach on the Island of Mull, wher it was loaded like this.

Jim 

One of my favourites. If it wasn't for these guys 'The Few'would have been even fewer and flying Gliders!

 

Keeping the Spitfires flying
HMCS Chilliwack heads for a burning tanker in a North Atlantic convoy. The supply of oil was vital for the war effort
Watercolour 16 X 9 inches

[Vegaskip]

Here is the RFA Gray Rover and HMS Britomart with 'little friends' Unfortunatly both ships were sunk, Bretomart by friendly fire.

jim

[Vegaskip]

The Good Old Days 

Ajax and a sister in the 60's when I was 'in'.

 

[Vegaskip]

Another small one from the same era.

RFA Brown Ranger and HMS Chichester.

[Vegaskip]

An interesting Ship.

From 1942 to 1946, the United States Department of State chartered Gripsholm as an exchange and repatriation ship, carrying Japanese^[5] and German nationals to exchange points where she then picked up US and Canadian citizens (and British married to Americans or Canadians) to bring home to the USA and Canada. In this service she sailed under the auspices of the International Red Cross, with a Swedish captain and crew. The ship made 12 round trips, carrying a total of 27,712 repatriates. Exchanges took place at neutral ports; at Lourenço Marques in Mozambique or Mormugoa in Portuguese India with the Japanese, and Stockholm or Lisbon with the Germans.

[Vegaskip]

This is what happens when you are NOT paying attention while painting (see lamp and reflection) 
Fishing with Cormarants .
W/C11" X 9" 

 

Edited December 23, 2017 by Vegaskip

[Vegaskip]

RCN Destroyer HMS Buxton passes astern of the troop ship Mauritania in Convoy WW2
W/C 14 X 10 inches
Jim

[BANYAN]

If you had not pointed it out Jim, I think most would not have noticed the alignment of light and beak

 

Nice work (again).

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Vegaskip]

A peaceful one for Christmas.

A variety of Fishing craft.

Merry Christmas 

Jim

[Mirabell61]

great work again Jim !

 

Merry Christmas

 

Nils

[Vegaskip]

To day is the aniversary of the Battle of the North Cape and the sinking of Scharnhorst . Spare a thought for all who gave their all.

Cruiser Belfast

Last Torpedo

Scharnhorst

Norwegian Destroyer Stord

 

Edited December 26, 2017 by Vegaskip

[BANYAN]

Another fine display of your talent Jim.  Thanks for sharing.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Vegaskip]

J class Yachts and Thames Spritsail Barge. This was behind glass when I took the photo.

Jim

[Canute]

What beautiful works of art, Jim. Always a treat. Thanks for sharing.

[Vegaskip]

Thanks Ken. Here's one 'hot of the easel' finished abot 20 minutes ago,

Did this today. The Searchers  FAA Wessex HU5 of 771 Squadron RNAS Culdrose searches along the Cornish coast line. 
Might do abit more on the cliffs.
W/C 14" X 10" 

Jim

[amateur]

At one a day, your house must be filled to the attic with these ships!

Or do you sell?

 

jan

 

[Vegaskip]

Both. One reason I mostly do watercolours, I leave them in the pad..

jim

[Vegaskip]

The last one was The Searchers, this is The Rescuers. Breaches Bouy rescue, imaginary, not an actual rescue.

Jim 

[BANYAN]

I'll say it again - you certainly can capture and portray the 'atmosphere' in your paintings.  No need to go to a gallery as we have one of the better 'virtual' ones available to us here on MSW

 

cheers

 

Pat

 

[amateur]

At first glance Ithought it was a picture.

Silly me.....:)

 

Jan

[John Allen]

On 12/28/2017 at 10:43 AM, Vegaskip said:

I leave them in the pad..

Your extremely prolific the way you can whip these out. That being said I have not seen one I would not be proud to hang in the house.

[Vegaskip]

Thanks John, this was more a sketch for a bigger pic which hasn't been done yet.

Anti Aircraft Cruiser HMS Scylla under attack from Ju88's

jim

[Vegaskip]

Schneider Trophey race 1929? 

Old RN Destroyer used as a turn mark.
Supermarine S6 flown by H R D Waghorn wins at 328.63 mph
Italy represented by Macchi MR52R Flown by T Dal Molin
RMS Berengaria heading for Southampton.

[willz]

great stuff, and so many. i used to paint pictures years ago but somehow i never really got the bug, i`ve painted about 25 in the last 45 years and none in the last 15 most i gave away.  and i dont know why i just got bored, bit similar to my model building now, seem to have the skills but not the drive, of all my paintings only two were of ships, one i gave to an old friend that used to be in the merchant navy and the other i gave to my younger brother and his wife, i have a photo of this one, it was a picture i saw on a book cover in a second hand book store, so i bought the book for a few pence and painted it, the picture was done on a 30" x 20" board in oils, so here it is

[Vegaskip]

Excellent painting, you should think about taking it up again. Thanks for sharing it.

Jim

[Vegaskip]

This one is from the period of the Falklands conflict.

L to R Glamorgan, Canberra, Endurance and Olna, with the Wessex 'Humphry' and Endurance's Wasp.
I don't know if they were ever in this formation, but I think they were all in the vicinity.
Jim

[Vegaskip]

Scourge of the Convoys.

Fock Wulf Fw200 Condor and Hawker Hurricane from CAM ship. Not an actual combat although there were several encounters of this kind.
W/C 15" X 12"
Jim

Edited January 8, 2018 by Vegaskip