Plymouth artist
Mayflower Plymouth
Or Plymouth Mayflower, worthy of a fine new painting, both are justifiably world famous names?
Mayflower400
‘Plymouth, The Mayflower’, painting progress. How may differences can you see between the graphite drawing made on an A 2 sheet of paper and the painting on a canvas 61 x 91 cm [24″ x 26″] as The Mayflower on the full sizes canvas is evolving? Even now it’s not 100 % spot on, near … Read more
Black Lives Matter?
Drake and slavery
Knocking down statues has become the ‘in’ thing among part of our population.
Now- Wow we have a proposal to knock off Sir Francis Drake, remove his statue from Plymouth Hoe.
If you disagree I suggest you sign the petition to keep the statue on site in place.
https://www.change.org/p/1000-save-drake-statue/psf/promote_or_share
We might as well knock down the Pyramids as they were allegedly built by slave labour.
Such vandalism would be bad for tourism !
Outbound, Liverpool on her stern
Frigate
A type 23, similar to HMS Montrose currently deployed in the Persian Gulf region.
Monday, Portsmouth
From Portsmouth, been to Plymouth and Charleston among other places, things quite hectic at present. I’m quite tired, things going quite well. Next I must prepare to meet ‘The Editor’ from Bloomsbury, tomorrow at 09.30. When I get ashore on Thursday in France I have to go direct to a meeting at Dinan re Brexit. … Read more
St Malo to Portsmouth
Ships head turning towards England. My schedule is planned to include Portsmouth, Bexhill, Hastings, Wilsford, Plymouth, Charelstown, St Austell, Emsworth, maybe Penzance then back to Portsmouth … Not all in one day .
Plymouth
On the subject of Plymouth, here is the latest progress with Titanic’, “Plymouth Harbour”. A very unusual painting, in that I am reproducing the painting by the famous Norman Wilkinson, lost when Titanic sank. The new painting is very fortunate to be aided by the leading expert on Titanic, Tim Maltin, will be as near … Read more