Geoff and Colin, Naval Airmen, Aircraft Handlers, ships Landrover drivers, HMS Bulwark.

Geoff and Colin, Naval Airmen, Aircraft Handlers, ships Landrover drivers, HMS Bulwark.
Comments

This is so good Michael brilliant work.

Great little watercolour which looks as if there is a strong narrative behind it Michael.

Love ‘em! Great pose.

Wonderful painting Michael.

Thank you all ladies. Colin asked me if I would paint it from a photograph.

I thought one of them was you, Michael! A lovely detailed watercolour.

Thanks Ellen. Two lads (now old fellows) I served with in the 60s.

Brilliant narrative piece of work...a story behind those faces, Michael!

This is such a striking portrait or portraits Michael . All the blues work so well together

Thanks Diana. I was surprised how the blues came out myself. I think getting them right is the hardest of all. There’s a fine line, for me, between failure or success and this just came out okay.

Some great work here Michael

Michael this is excellent! Love the land rovers, my favourite car!

Hang on Studio Wall
12/09/2018
0 likes
383 views

Watercolour.

About the Artist
Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

View full profile
More by Michael Mcmanus