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Copt Point and Harbour Arm

Posted by in | September 16, 2021
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Copt Point and Harbour Arm oil 30″x30″ Folkestone Harbour from the Rocky Point. The blockhouse was used as a sump for wastewater discharge. No longer in use. there was also one at Dymchuch, now destroyed.

Streamliner

Posted by in | September 13, 2021
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Streamliner. oil 12″x12″ The American caravan was parked up at Dungeness for some time. the area is noted for its Puff ball fungi, the addition of a surreal figure just seemed to fit the scenario.

Cockle Shells

Posted by in | August 31, 2021
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Cockle Shells oil on linen 16″x 12″ The south side of the Hoverport where the concrete meets the salt marsh. The wind and tides have pushed several tons of cockle shells into a corner, all gleaming white and moving around with the sound of a baby’s rattle.

Squall 2

Posted by in | August 21, 2021
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Oil Painting, 12″x12″ Pegwell By.. east coast of Kent in the background. This whole area is now a nature reserve.

Winter Sunrise

Posted by in | August 20, 2021
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Oil on canvas 12″x12″ A very cold January morning looking south towards Deal. No wind, no clouds, just the piercing cold of below-zero temperature, the calm sea, and the sky.

“Slap”

Posted by in | January 20, 2016
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oil on canvas, 760mm x 760mm

Range Finder

Posted by in | January 20, 2016
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oil on canvas, 300mm x 300mm..this is a WW2 bunker looking over the English Channel. the post inside could be used to support a telescope or range finder that enabled cannons inland to target enemy shipping in the Channel.

Gun Store, ammunition

Posted by in | January 20, 2016
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oil on canvas, 300mm x 300mm.. A WW2 concrete building used by the soldiers for storage, overlooking the English Channel.

Dragon’s Teeth

Posted by in | January 20, 2016
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oil on canvas, 1000mm x 800mm…At Bekesbourne around fifteen miles from my home can be found these “Dragons Teeth”. They were made to encircle a Royal Flying Corps airfield during WW1. Basically, they are concrete pyramids weighing several tons each. The idea was they would prevent any invader from using motorised mobility to access the airfield. When the airfield became redundant they were placed in a convenient corner of a field and forgotten.

Derek’s pond

Posted by in | January 20, 2016
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oil on canvas, 600mm x 300mm, a modern treatment for the subject.. An overgrown Carp Pool.