St. Ives, Cornwall Avro Shackleton This was in fact a

This was in fact a canvas I painted on site at the Birmingham NEC during the Christmas '08 show

Limited edition of 500

just a few miles from where I live

Ditched aircraft such as this one offer a wonderful habitat for sub aqua wildlife and are very soon taken over by all sorts of beautiful coral and strange looking fish

St. Ives, Cornwall Avro Shackleton This was in fact athink it may be difficult to imagine that when the initial studies for this image were complete, there were in fact no boats in the view. I took advantage of making separate studies of the boats that I wanted in the painting, this gave me full control of the final image. How often have I said to myself "If only the boats were in slightly different positions". This is artistic licence at its best. One is able to contrive the ideal composition yet it