Heading for the Rocks.

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A great take on Turner. Well put together Stephen.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Thu 27 Aug 07:14:56

Excellent Stephen

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 27 Aug 07:26:08

It makes the old battleship look like a very imposing ghost as she must have seemed during the famous battle with all the smoke from cannon and burning ships around, nicely done.

Posted by Malcolm Buckley on Thu 27 Aug 09:17:48

It's great, the crisp tug and the looming shadowy sailing ship.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 27 Aug 10:16:40

Super watercolour, love those transparent washes.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Thu 27 Aug 12:13:07

It's just a fine seascape Stephen; I'm sure that' s what most of us will see, .

Posted by Jim Morris on Thu 27 Aug 15:16:08

Many thanks John, Heather, Malcolm, Lewis, Stephen & Jim for your kind comments.

Posted by Stephen Kelly on Fri 28 Aug 06:00:22

Beautifully painted , the whole thing is superb.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Fri 28 Aug 07:29:35

Hang on Studio Wall

27/08/2020

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I realised after I had painted this, that the tugs would pull the galleon onto the rocks. Hey ho, it's only a piece of paper.

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Stephen Kelly

My Father was an artist and I wanted to follow in his footsteps but sadly he died when I was 8 which changed everything. When it was time to earn a living, Uncle Norman said " I'll get you a job Lad" so I became an apprentice photo retoucher, not fine art but a job. The work was intimidating as…

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