Lest we forget: F for Freddy remembered
Just a quick update that follows on from the picture I wrote about in January. It was commissioned by Kev Ruane to take to the unveiling of a memorial in a small town in Austria,…
Turning point: Battle of Britain Day, 15 September 1940
High Wycombe, 16 Feb 2015 My latest picture portrays some 128 separate aircraft on what we now know was a decisive day: 15 September 1940. The picture, which I have been working on for much of…
Remembering Berchtesgaden Lancaster “F for Freddy”
High Wycombe, 30 Jan 2015 There is an interesting story around all the pictures I get asked to make, but it is usually about the original circumstances that are being portrayed. In the case of this…
A close-up look at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
High Wycombe, 2 Dec 2014 I was standing next to a World War Two Spitfire while one of the few modern pilots lucky enough to have flown it recounted how the engine had emptied of oil…
Spitfires escorting Lancasters? In daylight?
High Wycombe, 6 Nov 2014 Ever jump to conclusions? What do you make of the picture above: Spitfires escorting Lancasters? (available via this link). A typical first response from people who see it is “Cool picture…
Thanks for the memories
High Wycombe, 24 Apr 2014 When I am making pictures I need to know what various details of an aircraft look like in order to portray it correctly, and for that nothing beats being able to…
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…
Head in the clouds
Ah, the magic of flight High Wycombe, 27 Sep 2013 Most – though not all (as we shall see) – are taken from on board aircraft. Yes fellow passengers, I am that sad soul who craves…
Iconic moments in Dambusters aviation prints
High Wycombe, 13 May 2013 It ranks in certain quarters as possibly the most daring and audacious operation the RAF carried out during World War II. But when I asked American and German friends ……
RAF bomber prints find delighted new home
High Wycombe, 4 Apr 2013 You can imagine my delight at selling no fewer than three pictures in one go to a single buyer. This was only heightened when, shortly afterwards, someone wrote on my Facebook…
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…
Seeing the lights
High Wycombe, 1 Feb 2013 Seeing this picture in my Dambusters series several people queried – or challenged – the fact that I have the lights pointing off to the right of the aircraft. So I thought…
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…
Aerial views
High Wycombe, 27 Sep 2012 Alongside my regular photography, taking in trips to the North East, the sailing Olympics in Weymouth and the Edinburgh Fringe, I’ve recently been putting a lot of effort into my…
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