Ivory Fine Art

£38.50 each + P&P UK only	‘Mousehole, Cornwall’ Gouache on coloured paper. I2"x 7¾" A huddle of Cornish buildings nest at the base of the surrounding hills to form the tiny harbour that is Mousehole. Although in summer the place adopts a holiday mood, in late autumn it returns to its more weatherbeaten state. It is in this condition that my drawing is made as it reflects the rugged aspect as seen from the waters edge.
£38.50 each + P&P UK only	‘Corfe Castle, Dorset’ Gouache on coloured paper. I2"x 7¾" Climbing dramatically skyward, the remains of Corfe Castle are a tempting subject to draw. While it is now essentially a ruin, sufficient remains of the building to dominate the skyline for miles around. It has been this way since the civil war and has a troubled history of sieges. Cromwell’s men were ordered finally to destroy the castle. Now in more peaceful times the ruins may be depicted in a less sombre tone and this is how I have drawn it in the autumn light.
£38.50 each + P&P UK only	‘Fountains Abbey, Nr. Ripon., North Yorkshire’ Gouache on coloured paper. I2"x 7¾" Designated a world heritage site and owned by the National Trust, Fountains Abbey (Cistercian) is one of Britain’s greatest monasteries and grew to be the wealthiest in Britain. A substantial amount has survived intact and is now a most dramatic subject which becomes particularly magical in the afternoon light. The great perpendicular tower built during the regeneration period in 1500 remains intact to dominate my painting.
£38.50 each + P&P UK only	’Tintern Abbey, Nr. Chepstow, Gwent’ Gouache on coloured paper. I2"x 7¾" By contrast to the ragged castles which I love to draw, Tintern Abbey is serene, calm and restful. A haven of sanity and surrendered order. Here is a monastic church rising from its ground plan as it was built, less the roof of course. Founded in 1131 by Walter Fitzrichard, Lord of Chepstow, Tintern is the second oldest Cistercian Abbey in Britain.
£38.50 each + P&P UK only	‘Typhoon over Normandy Beaches’ Gouache on coloured paper. I2"x 7¾" One of the most robust of fighters and a great performer with cannons and rockets as it swooped from altitude to surprise the enemy. I have painted the aircraft about to dive over the bridgehead. The cloud form suggests unsettled conditions as a front approaches. Typically the Typhoon is painted with black and white invasion stripes to identify it when spotted by allied anti-aircraft gunners who would, hopefully, hold their fire as it dived to hit enemy supply lines in support of troops on the ground.
£38.50 each + P&P UK only	‘Mustang outward bound’ - The P-51D Mustang Gouache on coloured paper. I2"x 7¾" Colonel Tom Christian, CO of the 361st Fighter group flying his Mustang against massive cloud forms ‘somewhere in England’. This aircraft made a good subject to set against a threatening sky and is one of my favourite shapes of WWll fighters. The colour scheme is attractive to me with its yellow nose with black and white stripes. The aircraft was the first P-51 in the 361st Fighter group to have this identifying yellow nose.
£38.50 each + P&P UK only	‘Bandit alert’ - The Hawker Hurricane Gouache on coloured paper. I2"x 7¾" In addition to actual combat with enemy fighters during The Battle of Britain and throughout WWll, many patrols were mounted over the coasts of England. This painting depicts a lone Hurricane at high altitude looking for invaders. The aircraft has a strong appeal for me as it carries a lineage which traces back to a former line of bi-plane aircraft, all of which bear a strong family likeness. Sir Sydney Cam’s Hurricane was the first monoplane of this famous line.
£38.50 each + P&P UK only	’Safe return’ -The P-47Thunderbolt Gouache on coloured paper. I2"x 7¾" Stormy skies form a backdrop to this P-47 as it lands back on U.K. soil. The black and white checkered nose art denotes an aircraft of the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group. Impressive to model and paint, the fighter wears the black and white identification stripes of the period covering the allied landings on mainland Europe on June 6th 1944. I chose to depict this fighter in close-up to show its massive bulk and wide-track undercarriage.
£38.50 each + P&P UK only	’Above the storm’ -The P-38J Lockheed Lightning Gouache on coloured paper. I2"x 7¾" American pilots loved to name their aircraft. ’Blackmarket Babe’ flown by Captain Billy Gresham of the 432nd Fighter Squadron in 1944 is an example. The Lightning makes a very arresting shape and catches the eye as something different. It was designed by Kelly Johnson and became one of the most deadly multi-role aircraft to come from the U.S.A. in WWll. The twin booms carried the Alison, liquid-cooled engines and also housed the turbo superchargers which gave the machine good high-altitude performance.
£38.50 each + P&P UK only	’All clear’ -The Hawker Tempest Mk ll Gouache on coloured paper. I2"x 7¾" My painting depicts Tempest MW833 HF-H of 54 Squadron, R.A.F. Chilbolton, Hampshire in 1946 as it sweeps low over open countryside against a cloud build-up of threatening proportions. The Mk ll aircraft has the huge Centaurus engine and makes an impressive sight as the Tempest passes overhead.