Falling Inflation Handley Page Halifax Few people realise in fact

Few people realise in fact that the Hurricane shot down twice as many enemy aircraft as the Spitfire during the Battle of Britain

for this he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

the image depicts a small group of ‘erks’ as they nervously watch their repaired Lancaster take off

Crews worked in terrible conditions during the winter

This assists in the illusion of perspective as things that are close to you are clear with dense colour

Falling Inflation Handley Page Halifax Few people realise in factThis was in fact a canvas I painted on site at the Birmingham NEC during the Christmas '08 show. This is the sort of thing I like to do on the easel at shows with observers keen to come back the next day to see how it is progressing. This can be quite amusing as sometimes I don't know what it is going to finish up as myself! I adore the severe contrast between the relatively bright sky with the very dark ground, especially if there is plenty of water