Miles Away Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c The setting for this painting

The setting for this painting didn't take very much travelling to - it is right behind my cottage on the outskirts of a Lincolnshire village called Grimoldby

this being one of the nice things about being an artist - there is always a point at which you can take control of the painting and it becomes yours to manipulate as you wish

One of a series of oil paintings

Foregrounds are important because they lead the observer into the picture and offer an opportunity for the artist to really lay the paint on thick and aggressively

The loading operation was a precision task and had to be inch perfect

Miles Away Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c The setting for this paintingNo. 23 Miles Away Original oil painting Framed canvas, overall frame size 12"x10"