Does a good cover picture help sell a book? The Corsair used my “Baghlah Dhow” painting, became a best seller in Arabic and is now available in English ISBN 978-99921-94-72-0, author Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud. ‘The Corsair’ has surprised me in many ways…
Month: April 2014
The creative process
A detective story and a painting… the port of Gaillac
A dubious honour = stolen art
Some of the stolen Art below has never been shown on my web site – How good are you at solving detective stories?
If you see a landscape and think it might be a ‘Frickers’ please photograph it with your phone and send it to me for verification.
A painful & outstanding ‘dragon’ is still lurking, caused by 15 + paintings, books and tools stolen from a client and from me in my case a few years back when at Itzac.
A multi cultural Barbi
Last night I was fortunate to finish 6 hours painting – The Port of Gaillac and some minor but significant improvements to ‘Plymouth Sound’ – with an invitation to an indoor barbecue with some excellent American company, one Dutchman, one S African, several Irish … so today was a bit slower, no prizes for guessing why.
On the quay with an artist
Hermione, what is she worth?
This new painting is for sale, care to make an offer??? Hermione, a French frigate oils on canvas 762 x 1219 mm (30″ x 48″). Discover in the text below a fascinating and on going story…
In 1997, construction of a full size replica ship was started in Rochefort sur mer near la Rochelle on the Atlantic coast of France.
Romans on the frontier of Gaul
Progess with more than painting
Painting Progress
Progressing paintings, here are digital impression of the completed Plymouth Sound, now sold, painted for the use of author David J B Smith on his next book cover and, double value different mood here, progress with the calmer Cutlass 40.