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Post by longforgan on Jul 11, 2014 21:27:23 GMT 12
I have done this as a commission for an ex sky hawk pilot my first painting in months. 30x20" oil on canvas.
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Post by longforgan on May 25, 2014 16:48:46 GMT 12
there will also be an Art exhibition at the show.
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Post by longforgan on Apr 24, 2014 17:40:58 GMT 12
so pleased he says he treasures the painting I did for him.
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Post by longforgan on Apr 2, 2014 11:09:40 GMT 12
Not sure where to put this. I am having a break from painting and thought I would see how I go with pencil drawing which I have not done before. First attempt. second. third and work in progress
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Post by longforgan on Mar 8, 2014 17:04:37 GMT 12
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Post by longforgan on Feb 27, 2014 17:43:44 GMT 12
I am looking for the above in colour for the following squadrons that was used during WW2. The reason is that I am putting prints of my paintings in the museum shop in Christchurch and I can not find some with the Edwardian crown on them.
The squadrons are:
6 squadron 25 squadron 75 squadron 485 squadron 486 squadron 487 squadron 489 squadron
Can anyone help with these.
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Post by longforgan on Feb 23, 2014 7:42:47 GMT 12
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Post by longforgan on Jan 29, 2014 19:34:08 GMT 12
I have an exhibition of my aviation paintings on the weekend of 20th February at the local Napier Aero Club. This weekend is our Art Deco Weekend celebrating the rebuild of the city of Napier after the great 1931 earthquake. At the weekend there will be a spitfire, Avenger, Kittyhawk, Mustang, and the Havards. There will be a ww1 aircraft. Also attending are airforce veterans from WW2.
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Post by longforgan on Jan 28, 2014 21:27:48 GMT 12
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Post by longforgan on Jan 5, 2014 11:16:44 GMT 12
Dave they are Hurricanes from 238 squadron who were in action over Kenley that day having been scrambled from Middle Wallop.
In researching for the painting it seemed the German bombers were like the fighters they had different coloured spinners even though they were from the same group. I still have to paint the crest on the Heinkel yet which is red and black on a white background.
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Post by longforgan on Jan 4, 2014 21:22:10 GMT 12
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Post by longforgan on Dec 27, 2013 21:38:49 GMT 12
been able to work on the painting today and have managed to paint in some of the other aircraft. once I have finished the Heinkels on the right I have 6 small aircraft to do before filling in all the fine detail.
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Post by longforgan on Dec 14, 2013 11:37:21 GMT 12
Have not been able to do anything on the painting for a couple of weeks. This is what I have added in the last couple of days.
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Post by longforgan on Nov 29, 2013 22:48:16 GMT 12
Some progress but still a lot to do on the 109. Will have time now since I have just finished three secondary school books for work.
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Post by longforgan on Nov 24, 2013 16:19:06 GMT 12
I have started the main aircraft (Me 109)
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Post by longforgan on Nov 21, 2013 19:46:05 GMT 12
Covered the canvas now but feel quite a bit of work to do on the left hand side of the background painting. e.g. soften the clouds. Comments and suggestions are very welcome at this stage. Sorry the photo is a bit bright. Komata - thanks for interest, too answer your questions: 1. No not a commission but the whole idea is that everything I do is up for sale. Website at the end of the message. 2. I use only oils on canvas/board and linen. 3. it is not based on any particular event or day, I have used a certain amount of artist licence here. We have all seen the documentaries where BOB pilots have said that you become unaware of what is actually hapening when you are trying to home in on the target, and that late in the BOB the German fighters were told to stay in close formation with the bombers, so the picture is accurate with Hurricanes diving through the *Suprised Me109's.I came up with the structure of this one…so the first thing you look at (everytime) is the Hurricane and not the main aircraft (the lead Me109) The structure is the story of the Hurricane depicted rushing through the fighters towards the bombers. 4. Most of the paintings I see (artist mainly Robert taylor which to me is the primo of aviation art) depict Dorniers (which I was tempted to ad into the painting) but the He has more bulk and I think suited the scene I wanted. I think the other thing is that the HE represented the Bof B more when people talk about it. Its a bit like everybody thinks that the Spitfire was the main aircraft in the B of B. The hurricanes represents 17 squadron.
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Post by longforgan on Nov 17, 2013 20:16:46 GMT 12
The first is a digital sketch for a paint of the Battle of Britain. The second is 75% of the right half of the background for the painting. Just working on the top 25% now. The painting will be 60x40" so not that small. Uploaded with ImageShack.comUploaded with ImageShack.com
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Post by longforgan on Oct 26, 2013 22:46:17 GMT 12
Thanks for the extra info I really like doing these paintings as its a way of remembering what this generation has done for us. Today I did a website its www.artistdonwilkie.co.nz if anyone is interested.
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Post by longforgan on Oct 25, 2013 18:45:24 GMT 12
This is my second painting for 75 squadron. Thanks to Dave Homewood I have decided to dedicate it to Noel Stokes. This is what Dave wrote for me. NE148 (AA-H) which was flown by Noel Stokes, on the night of 29th of July 1944 on the way to bomb the Daimler-Benz and Bosch factories in Stuttgart, Germany,when they were attacked by a night fighter. The rear gunner Norman Wilding (UK) was killed and the aircraft set on fire and became uncontrollable. When the rest of the crew, including 2nd Pilot Jack Morris of Cambridge who's still alive today in Auckland, were ordered to bail out, its captain Noel Stokes stayed with the stricken bomber and manouvre it in such a way to save it from crashing onto a French village below. Stokes and Wilding are now considered heroes of France and are honoured every year by the various villages around their crash site with a proper Memorial ceremony. Perhaps this doesn't fit in specifically with the Rhine title(?) but it might be a nice story to connect to the artwork? The Lancaster carried a Donald Duck nose art and was named Howzat! I still have to put the markings on and the props and finish off the lower lancaster. This photo is a lot closer to the colour of the painting.
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Post by longforgan on Jun 25, 2013 12:16:10 GMT 12
here is one pic for you. will put other up later. Thought they were flying coffins.
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