Dhow’s that?

Arab dhows, this lively painting, long since sold, of a ‘baghlah’ type dhow, text today much revised, was one of 4 commissioned via an agent for His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, his yacht and for public buildings.

Dhow, baghlah
Dhow, baghlah

A few years later the image was licenced to Bloomsbury Books for a book cover in Arabic and in English, “The Corsair”.

Corsair Baglah book jacket
Corsair Baglah book jacket

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Port du Foleux

A watch, underpants (to much information?) and shorts, yesterday afternoon. 25 + C (77 F) was all I needed while sailing barefoot on a day more like high summer than mid spring, sailing on the river Vilaine, one of the cleanest rivers in Europe.IMG_9812

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A preventer gammoning and Racehorse.

 

For those of you who follow this page in part for insights into a creative process these sketches are a treat, they represent the early stirrings of what will become a major painting of HMS “Racehorse“. 

Racehorse sketches 31.03.17
Racehorse sketches 31.03.17

I’m very please to be preparing this Racehorse in part because it has a Trafalgar connection, more of that later, so will fit snugly in among my ‘Trafalgar Collection’ paintings.

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Harwich and the Jolly Roger

Jolly Roger, and the port of Harwich.

I was asked questions about pirates and why many submarines fly the Jolly Roger, skull and crossed bones… .

Moonlight Patrol detail 2
Moonlight Patrol detail 2
Many people correctly guess why however here is how that tradition got started…
Our ‘time machine’ takes us back to The Great War.

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