Finished with all engines .
A 30.5 x22.5cm watercolour on 300gsm paper. Imaginary scene of a ex rescue tug awaiting the Acetylene cutter , this style of tug was built in WW11 for the Royal and US navy. Referred to as HMRT ( His Majesty Rescue Tug ) by the RN and ART (Armed Rescue Tug) by the USN. , many were sold off after the war and were used by tug companies throughout the world. This painting is based on Progress a tug that was scraped in Norwich in the late 1970s I don’t know of it’s previous name or history.
About the Artist
Paul (Dixie) Dean
I have sketched most of my life on and off I became interested in watercolour following a spinal injury whilst in hospital but did not follow it up. My eldest daughter bought me a beautiful wooden box set of half pans about twenty five years ago I dabbled on and off until retirement twelve years…
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