Ship paintings

[Guyuti]

On 6/2/2021 at 9:35 AM, Vegaskip said:

A Dog and Vosper 

16" X 12" Watercolour

Thanks so much for the water colour, exactly what I wanted, from mine and my late father's favorite novel by Douglas Reeman "A Prayer for the Ship"

Regards

Guy

[Bob Fraser]

On 5/19/2021 at 7:03 PM, Vegaskip said:

Mersey Return
 

Two Flowers and an HDML

W/C 14" X 10"

It's as if you were there!  This was only half a mile from where I used to live.  When the tall ships came to visit this was the entrance they used.

Really enjoy your paintings!

Bob

[Vegaskip]

HMS Gentian

First for a While 

w/c 16" X 11"

[HardeeHarHar]

Outstanding work.  Love, love, love your artwork.  Simply fantastic!!!  I have a lot of empty wall space that could use a few of these 😃

[mtaylor]

I love these paintings.   Wonderful to see again.  You've been missed.

[Jim Lad]

Nice to see you back.  As a struggling would be watercolourist, I love to see these.

 

John

[Vegaskip]

Thank you all for commenting . Haven’t been doin much lately. Did this book cover for a friend. The original was taken to Canada by RCN Minesweeper along with a rare Corvette's skiff , discovered in the boat shed in Portsmouth Dock yard 

[Roger Pellett]

I hope that the skiff is going to be restored.  Although my sea time was very limited;  An 8 week Midshipman Cruise, it was on a small ship, a minesweeper deployed in Japanese coastal waters.  Few people realize how important these small boats were to the life of the crews on these small ships.  They were our communication to the outside world- movies, mail, etc.

[Vegaskip]

I think it is to be preserved in the museum at Halifax, not too sure whether it will be restored or just conserved. 
 

[Vegaskip]

Done yesterday and this afternoon , based on HMCS Montreal and HMCS Skeena 16.5” X 11.75”

[Vegaskip]

'Runic' with Schooner

w/c 16.5” X11.75”

[Vegaskip]

North Link Ferry 'Hrossey' passing The Old Man of Hoy. We sailed to and returned from Shetland aboard this ship a few weeks ago. W/C 16.5” X 11..74”

 

Edited October 26, 2021 by Vegaskip
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[Vegaskip]

British Pacific Fleet. Battleship HMS Howe, Carrier HMS Illustrious with escorts

w/c 16.5” X 11.75

[Vegaskip]

St Abbs with Fishers!

w/c 16.5” X 11.75”

[Vegaskip]

The fleet leaving Eyemouth

w/c 16" X 11" 

[Rik Thistle]

The fleet leaving Eyemouth

 

Definitley a good day for hanging out the washing!

 

Richard

[Roger Pellett]

Nicely done!

 

In 2018 my wife and I went on a wonderful garden tour of Devon and Cornwall.  We spent three nights in a seaside hotel in St Ives.  There were two lug rigged fishing boat replicas that looked just like the ones in your paintings.  It was interesting watching them beat into the Harbor, dipping the lug sails each time that they tacked.

 

Roger

[Vegaskip]

We have the Scottish Fishery’s Museum near us at Anstruther. The 'Reaper' a restored Sailing Fifie  is based there as well.

 

 

[MiraMarSteve]

An incredible body of work!  My best friend's father was a merchant mariner and participated in some of the convoys to Russia. Your beautiful paintings have fleshed out images that had previously only been left to my imagination.

[Vegaskip]

Thank you , I get great pleasure doing them.

[Vegaskip]

HMCS Iroquois

Tribal class Destroyer on Convoy duty.

16" X 11" watercolour.

[Vegaskip]

CAM Ship Empire Heath launch’s her 'Hurricat' which then shot down the Fw200 Condor 

w/c 11” X 8”

[Vegaskip]

AO 75 Saugatuck, Fleet oiler during a Kamikaze attack. NOT an actual event, created in my imagination

Watercolour 16" X 11" 

[lmagna]

Thanks as always for sharing your fantastic art. I always look forward to seeing it.

 

Hope Christmas is pleasant for you and finds you and yours in good health.

[Dziadeczek]

On 10/29/2021 at 7:43 AM, Vegaskip said:

British Pacific Fleet. Battleship HMS Howe, Carrier HMS Illustrious with escorts

w/c 16.5” X 11.75

This painting reminds me of another one - a large mural in the Air Museum in Palm Springs, California... Different ships, different planes though, but...

Thanks!   🙂

Edited December 17, 2021 by Dziadeczek

[Vegaskip]

I may have posted this before, but the picture above , brought it all back. This was my eye view of what I used to do. I was an Aircraft Handler in the Royal Navy.(1958/1968) The Branch was responsible for Air Traffic Control, Firefighting ( Crash Rescue ashore and at sea) Aircraft movements .My last seagoing post was HMS Victorious as a Flight Deck director. The painting is of HMS Hermes, with a Sea Vixen taxiing and a Gannet 'going round again' The director on the left has just handed the a/c over to the viewer. Exactly as we did it hundreds of times on 'the Vic' (Best Job In The World)

[Vegaskip]

Chapman&Willans Newcastle. 'DEMETERTON'

Sunk By gunfire From Scharnhorst 16/03/41 300nm East of Newfoundland

watercolour 16" X11"

[Vegaskip]

USS Ranger launches a F4 Phantom

watercolour 16" X 11"

No particular time frame or location but probably Tonkin Gulf around the 60's/70's

[Canute]

Nicely done. 😁

[Vegaskip]

Fleet Oiler USS Pamanset AO85 in heavy weather 

w/c 11.75" X 8.25"