We Never Slept Tiger Moth

We Never Slept Tiger MothHurricanes of 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force lies at readiness in the early morning sunlight at Croydon Airfield. Later in the morning they would be in intense dogfights defending the Nations capital, London. The Squadrons motto Nunquam dormio We Never Slept. This squadron would become one of the most successful during The Battle of Britain. Along with myself I am honoured to have included on the print, the signature of

This image depicts a Fowler ploughing engine in the process of cultivating a field

I have mentioned simplicity before in a painting

image size 18½" x 11½"

Part of this prep were the practice runs on the Derwent dam in Derbyshire

so became the practice target

Unfortunately I didn't have a sketch pad with me but I did have a camera

to paint this canvas

price includes hand painted wooden frame

every penny of the development and operating costs to the tax payer was worth it as the bomber was never used for what it was designed to do … launch a nuclear device

I applied the paint with brush using less aggressive action

is Cautley Spout waterfall with the Lake District just over the ridge

The basic concept of the image was to catch the aircraft in a sunset environment with the sun just catching the tops of the clouds