Ship paintings

[Vegaskip]

Hi Graham. Thanks for commenting. They were both of 'my era'. RN personel had a soft spot for the 'Shack' , they used to drop mail to us.

Here HMS Daring recieved her drop, somewhere in the Indian Ocean

jim

[Vegaskip]

For a while HMS HOOD had a catapult fitted at her stern 

Here is a Fairey 111F getting airborn.

Jim 

[Vegaskip]

One of my favourites. First painting after returning from the Russian trip
HMS Faulknor
Watercolour 15 X 11 inches 
Jim

[Vegaskip]

Keeping in the same time frame of the War of 1812, here is a minor war vessel with sheer legs rigged, replacing her main mast. Lots of the books I have for reference have old line engravings of this sort of thing and I've tried to keep the flavour.
Watercolour. 15 x 10 inches

[TomShipModel]

Excellent work Jim.  Thank you for sharing.

 

TOm

[Vegaskip]

Thank you Tom, it's my pleasure. Here's another 

The Escort Carrier Tracker, recovers a Wildcat, with Avengers in the deck park
water colour 14" X 11"

[Vegaskip]

Minesweepers in the Firth of Forth with North Berwick the Bass Rock and Berwick Law in the background

The picture now hangs in a house within sight of the location.

Jim

Edited November 12, 2017 by Vegaskip

[Vegaskip]

Did this yesterday.

Did this yesterday 
21st Novembet 1939.  HMS Belfast preceded by HMS Afridi is towed by Tugs through the gate in the boom off inchkeith on her way to Rosyth after being mined off the May Island early in WW2
W/C 23" X 10" 

[allanyed]

Still enjoying these a lot!  The water in the painting of HMS Faulknor reminds of Carl Evers' work.  

 

Thanks again for sharing.

 

Allan

[Vegaskip]

Thank you Allan, nice to be mentioned in the same breath as a famous Marine Artist.

Here's another

'Crash on Deck' MAC Ship Swordfish misses the wires and ends up in the crash barrier
W/C 12" X 9"

Jim

[Vegaskip]

Here is a potted history of the Royal Navy Submarine Branch

1 WW1 up to WW2

2. WW2 

3. Post WW2

4. 1950's to present day.

jim 

Edited November 13, 2017 by Vegaskip

[ccoyle]

I was just reading about HMS Torbay and Astute today.

[Vegaskip]

It's a Small World Chris!

Heres a couple inspired by our trip to Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk.

Yasin class

Borei class

Jim

Edited November 14, 2017 by Vegaskip

[Vegaskip]

Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus and friends 'below the Bridge', late WW1 
W/C 12 X 7 inches.
Anyone asking "What Bridge?". Please return to your own planet, Mums looking for you.
Jim

Edited November 15, 2017 by Vegaskip

[Beef Wellington]

Really nice Jim, once again I love the atmosphere.  Your Borei made me shiver 

 

I also didn't get a chance to comment on your minseweepers in the Forth, the skyline looks very familiar - used to spend quite a bit of time running up and down the firth in the more recent (but defunct) River class minesweepers (Spey and Helmsdale) but still have the views of Berwick Law and Bass Rock etched into my brain.

 

Also had the opportunity to live for a time in Seattle in the Pac Northwest - you really captured the spirit of the place which has such beautiful scenery,and yes, you are right to put orca's in as they show themselves not infrequently.  (@ Nils if you're reading this, the mountain range in the background are the Cascades, not the Rockies which are further inland)

 

Edited November 15, 2017 by Beef Wellington

[Vegaskip]

Thanks Jason. The sweepers you mention were a bit after my time. It was mostly 'Tons' in my day, and they. Would be based at HMS LOCHINVAR (Port Edgar) opposite Rosyth.

Her is another with the Edinburgh sky line.

These are the ship served on by Edward George Bourne, (stoker).
L to R HM Ships Iron Duke, Galatea, Icarus, Centurion, and in the distance Indefatigable in which he was unfortunately killed at Jutland.
This was a commission for a lady who wanted it for her children, his descendants. The skyline of Edinburgh in the background 
Acrylic on canvas 30"  X 14"
Jim

[Mirabell61]

love that one Jim,

 

a wonderful view and quite busy in the bay....

 

Nils

[Vegaskip]

Thanks, she was 'over the moon' when she got it.

Jim 

[lmagna]

Hello Jason

I also live in the Puget Sound area and I  was thinking that the mountains/water/Orca's looked more like the area around the Puget Sound entrance in which the mountains would probably be the Olympics. You can't really see much of the Cascades until you get much further into the sound closer to Seattle.

 

Either way it is a very accurate looking picture and I can think of several places around here that still look like that even today. I have had the privilege of being followed by Orca's twice, (Two different times) across the sound while traveling by boat, and it is quite the thrill to watch several animals that are larger than the vessel you are riding in sweep by less  than twenty feet away! 

 

Jim

Pleas keep up showing your paintings, It is becoming a morning fix for me to looks and see what you will grace us with for the day. 

 

Lou

[Vegaskip]

Thanks for that Lou. I've never been up that way, in fact I haven't been on the West coast at all unfortunately. So the location for the painting is made up from memories of films or TV programs of the area.

I've  still got lots more paintings I can post. It is really nice to get comments and 'meet' people from all over.

here is the watercolour sketch for the Mellon painting which is acrylic on canvas.

jim 

Edited November 15, 2017 by Vegaskip

[Vegaskip]

Another of my all time favourites 

Armed Merchant Cruiser Carinthia on the Northern Patrol 1940 she was Torpedoed west of Galway Bay by U 46 at 13:13 on the sixth of June 1940. Four crew members were killed.
W/C 12 X 9 inches.
Jim

[Canute]

Jim, you really capture the "feel" of the place and time in your paintings. Like Lou and many others have said, I really enjoy viewing your handiwork. It's a great gift.

[lmagna]

Jim

Thank you for sharing.

The Mellon is stationed here in Seattle, (Not far from where I live) but the painting looks like areas in Alaska and northern British Colombia. Just another aspect of your talent. Not only do you depict the ship and sea/weather state but the location where as you say, you may never have been and make it all look "right".

 

Lou

[Vegaskip]

Lou and Ken , thank you for your comments. My Mother always said I had a vivid imagination, although a lot of what I paint is helped from personal experience. This painting of HMAS MELBOURNE. Been there,Done That. Got the yellow surcoat. Different ships and a/c .

Jim

[Canute]

Jim, got any other Phantom paintings? I spent 20 years flying them for Uncle Sam's Air Force from the 70s to 91. Love the bent wing birds.

[pompey2]

Hi Jim

 

Sorry I missed your reply a while ago.

But thanks for the picture.

I should recognise it certainly, I worked for a while in Priddy's Hard, Gosport side as you say 'at the back' of Portsmouth Harbour.

My window looked out directly onto the redundant ships, up for sale or waiting scrap, mostly RFA's and the like.

Certainly brightened our day when the SBS used them to train in ship assaults, air-borne and sea-borne.

Also the Vanguard trying to get a last pint in the Still & West reminds me of the photo still hanging in the pub.

 

I'm still enjoying seeing your work immensely, and your work rate is staggering.

 

all the best

 

Nick 

[Vegaskip]

Some Phantoms for Ken, a favourite aircraft of mine .Also a'Hun' F100

 

Jim

 

[Vegaskip]

And today's effort 

HMS Belfast lowering a boat to investigate the German Steamer 'Cap Norte' disguised as Swedish ship 'Ancona'
Watercolour 12" X 9"
Jim 

[BANYAN]

Some more gems, thanks Jim.

 

I note you depict HMAS Melbourne with the LWO2 radar update (LWO4 aerial); when were you aboard?  I served in her also and paid her off.

 

cheers

 

Pat

Edited November 16, 2017 by BANYAN

[Vegaskip]

Hi Pat, never served on her. I was RN  Ships. Eagle, Ark Royal, Victorious (twice) served 1958/1968. Painted from a reference photo 

jim