Archive for the ‘Paintings in progress’ Category
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Gibraltar, Nelson, HMS Minerve, HMS Captain is beginning to reveal how the final marine painting will look.
There have been some significant developments in this marine painting including Gordon Frickers is able to be the first, here to show some results of collaboration, new research into the quality of the bright yellow preferred by Nelson on his ships, more on that below…
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Tags: Australia, Botany Bay, Gibraltar, HMS Captain, HMS Minerve, HMS Victory., Horatio Nelson, laperouse, Nelson, new marine painting, Peter Goodwin, port of Gibraltar, Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club, Trafalgar
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
The new marine painting of superyachts at dusk is progressing steadily as you can see here. 
Still not settled is which yachts to include, open to suggestions, do you have any in mind? (more…)
Tags: Devonport Royal Dockyard, Maltese Falcon, new marine painting, Sarafsa, super yacht, Superyachts
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
More snow today, it has been bitterly cold for the past 3 days with a North wind, the pop up pic opposite shows a car stuck outside my cottage…
Today’s task is to work on the larger marine painting of the Cattewater, Plymouth by moonlight, a scene showing the clipper Samuel Plimsoll loading emigrants Australia bound.
The studio space is very limited, I need more space but where and how, any suggestions? (more…)
Tags: Canon SLR 350D, Cattewater, emigrant, emigrants Australia, Kent Institute of Art and Design, marine painting, Medway College of Art, plymouth, Samuel Plimsol, Samuel Plimsoll
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Several interesting emails today, all 3 enquiries for marine paintings (not marine prints) about Nelson and Trafalgar.
Curiously this makes 3 enquiries for that sort of painting in the past week…
Seems a bit like the old joke about waiting for buses?
Of course, followers of this blog will know, Gordon has a new marine painting on that subject, Nelson at Gibraltar, in production (hence insert pop up pic here) at this moment and another, a new version of Trafalgar Dawn, almost ready to start. (more…)
Tags: Botany Bay, HMS Captain, HMS Minerve, HRH Queen Elizabeth, laperouse, marine artist, marine painting, marine paintings, marine prints, Nelson, Nelson at Gibraltar, Peter Goodwin, Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club, Royal Yacht Britannia, Trafalgar, trafalgar dawn
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I am still exchanging emails re the European Parliament Marine Art Exhibition at Brussels.
We are hoping to show about 50 examples of my marine art including prints during May, European Sea Month.
Looks hopeful but nothing in writing yet. (more…)
Tags: Brian Simpson, European Sea Month, Marine Art, Mayflower, Nicolette Jones, Plimsoll Line, Plymouth Cattewater, Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club, Samuel Plimsoll, The Pilgrim Fathers, The Plimsoll Sensation
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
I have been speaking to Peter Goodwin, Curator and Keeper of HMS Victory and author of numerous definitive books on historic marine subjects.
Peter is very concerned that there are structural problems in Victory caused by poor repairs and the committees responsible are not listening to him …
Thus I was able to bring Peter some moral support and light relief with some marine news. (more…)
Tags: albi, Alert, george anson, historic marine, HMS Victory., L'association Laperouse, laperouse, Lexington, Peter Goodwin, victory
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
L’association Laperouse, a dynamic association based around the Museum of Laperouse in the old quarter of Albi launched a new book with champagne and “la galette des rois” about recent discoveries relating to Laperouse.
You may be aware of Laperouse? 
Laperouse, navigator and discoverer was literally the French answer to Captain James Cook and the HMS Endeavour. (more…)
Tags: albi, Botany Bay, Captain James Cook, European Parliament, HMS Endeavour, La Perouse Museum, laperouse, L’association Laperouse, marine painting
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Today we had very good light here and a stunning sunset with the Pyrenees in clear sight, I’m told 100 miles away…
I worked on a painting of a Blue funnel steamer entering Liverpool docks by moonlight.
I also sent, big event for any artist, the requested list of paintings following the offer of an exhibition at the European Parliament, some 51 in all. (more…)
Tags: Blue funnel steamer, European Parliament, french landscapes, Liverpool docks, marine paintings, the European Parliament
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
How do you fancy and evening with the L’association Laperouse at 18.00.at the musee in the old quarter of Albi to partake of “la galette des rois” a long tradition here, not sure if it is common through out France.
Thought you might like the attached of Albi? Err wot pic, ****** Wordpress/ Explorer won’t load not even after the 93rd attempt… Ahh well, try again tomorrow?
I am preparing a painting of the meeting between Laperouse (the French explorer and navigator) and the First Fleet at Botany Bay (Who founded the nation we know as Australia) , now on my urgent list.
My research is quite advanced however there are still questions to be answered. (more…)
Tags: L'association Laperouse, laperouse, Musee Laperouse, the First Fleet at Botany Bay
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Making steady progress with this new painting despite numerous distractions not least the recent heavy snow which again stopped all the local traffic except 4 x4’s who compacted the snow until even they were ditch parking, hence the phrase “ditch it“? 
I have some 5 paintings on the go at present, this one at 1220 x 760 (48″ x 30″) is to be the largest.
The clickable pic (left) gives you much information re the progress, a bit more in this text below… (more…)
Tags: Cattewater, marine painting, Plimsoll, plymouth, Samuel Plimsoll
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