Luftwaffe ace Helmut Wick shot down over Poole Bay
I learnt two things making this image: a deadly encounter between German and British fighter aircraft in late 1940; and the unusual cockpit canopy jettison mechanism on the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
New Supermarine Swift WK275 artwork
It’s a slow business, creating a Swift picture.
Flight Artworks RAF Memorial Flight depictions unveiled
Three more recent commissions of mine have now been published in full colour and are available as prints.
Westland Lysander on clandestine operation
On a moonlit night in July 1944, an RAF Westland Lysander comes in low over a field of lavender to land on a makeshift grass airstrip…
The Halifax, the night fighter ace, and the crew that got away
The story was not one I knew about when I started making the picture, which is the opposite of how things normally go.
Six miles high: Bud Anderson’s roller coaster dogfight victory
My depiction of P-51 ace Bud Anderson’s high altitude roller coaster dogfight victory.
Here’s one I made earlier: silver Spitfire PR Mk XIX PS852 – or is it PS915?
The new RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Guide plops on to my doormat containing one of my pictures: silver Spitfire PS852.
Licensing Flight Artworks aviation pictures
Colchester, 21 September 2015 You will know already that you can buy aviation prints through the Flight Artworks website at www.flightartworks.com but I also welcome enquiries from publishers who are interested in using my work.…
A Mk I Spitfire and a PR Mk XIX silver Spitfire: my latest Flight Artworks
Colchester, 15 September 2015 The house and office move mentioned in the Preface to my first book was completed relatively painlessly as these things go, although the unpacking and decluttering took longer than I had…
First Flight Artworks book published
High Wycombe, 12 May 2015 I am delighted to present my first book drawn from my growing collection of Flight Artworks: 32 pages, available now in printed and e-book versions. It contains captions, commentary and…
A DFC and a shoal of Hurricanes
High Wycombe, 31 Jan 2014 These pictures began life at an airshow. I did not set out with the idea of making a ‘Phoney War’ picture, let alone two – in fact I knew little about…
D-Day pictures set for print publication
High Wycombe, 6 Jan 2014 A Happy New Year. I wonder what 2014 will bring? Well, for one thing, the 70th anniversary on 6 June of D-Day. I have been concentrating in recent months on…
Gas patch soup: making Flight Artworks accurate
High Wycombe, 12 Feb 2013 Someone saw this picture on Facebook and asked what the yellow diamond shape was on the port wing. A gas detector patch. His further comment prompted me to write this…
Focus on specifics
High Wycombe, 11 Jan 2013 I have been remiss in updating the blog but that is partly because I’ve spent time getting a Flight Artworks page on Facebook off the ground. It has accrued some 200…