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oil on canvas, 760mm x 760mm
Range Finder
Posted by mtstudios in | January 20, 2016oil 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 mtstudios in | January 20, 2016oil on canvas, 300mm x 300mm.. A WW2 concrete building used by the soldiers for storage, overlooking the English Channel.
Dragon’s Teeth
Posted by mtstudios in | January 20, 2016oil 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 mtstudios in | January 20, 2016oil on canvas, 600mm x 300mm, a modern treatment for the subject.. An overgrown Carp Pool.
oil on canvas 12″x10″ framed. The now demolished hoverport at Pegwell Bay.
Samphire 2
Posted by Trevor in | November 9, 2013oil on canvas 16″x16″ unframed. Samphire Hoe, built on the spoil from the channel tunnel construction.
oil on Board, 7.5 x 7.5 inches, includes frame. Looking out to sea, the rock in the foreground is the remains of the sea wall, now breaking up.
oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches… The old cinema, then bingo hall, now derelict Regent Cinema
oil on canvas, 22 x 20 inches
includes frame. The old sea wall at Dymchuch. Paul Nash painted several works while living in the area so you can see what he saw in 1923 when he painted ” The Shore”. The view has now been destroyed by a new sea wall and giant blocks of granite to keep out the sea.














